On December 9, 2024, the opening of the trial of Christophe Ruggia, accused of sexual assault on a minor, marked a turning point in a fight that has been going on for several years. Actress Adèle ...

Adèle Haenel has condemned what she calls the French film industry's "general complacency ... vis-à-vis sexual aggressors." By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief In a letter published on media news ...

French film director Christophe Ruggia is finally heading to trial on charges of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was underage. Haenel, one of the first to call someone in French cinema ...

Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard is one of the many French film figures who have applauded fellow actress Adele Haenel (“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”) for speaking out about the sexual harassment ...

As has now been widely reported, Haenel is the first French actress to have made a sexual abuse claim against a powerful man. A former child actress, in November, she said that she was harassed and ...

Haenel said director French director Christophe Ruggia harassed her from the age of 12 through 15. Haenel alleges that Ruggia made advances on her after she was cast in his 2002 drama “The Devils” ...

French actress Adele Haenel arrives for the trial of French director Christophe Ruggia GREGOIRE CAMPIONE/AFP via Getty Images The trial of French director Christophe Ruggia, who is accused of sexually ...