France has long lived its own #MeToo contradiction with a long-held belief in “l’exception culturelle.” That talent, charm, or intellect forgives misconduct and the art excuses the artist. Catherine ...

For powerful men in France’s film industry, this was a week of reckoning. Gérard Depardieu — the country’s most famous male actor — was convicted of sexual assault. Two days later, the Cannes Film ...

“They’re husbands. Colleagues. Respected men.” Other recent convictions in entertainment included director Christophe Ruggia, who was convicted of abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was ...

A day after French film director Christophe Ruggia was found guilty of sexually assaulting then-child actress Adèle Haenel, we take stock of how the #MeToo movement in the French film industry is ...

A French court found filmmaker Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually assaulting actress Adèle Haenel when she was a child, sentencing him to two years with an electronic bracelet and two years ...

Filmmaker Christophe Ruggia was sentenced Monday to two years under house arrest with an electronic bracelet plus a two-year suspended sentence. Ruggia had denied any wrongdoing. Haenel ...

A verdict is expected on Monday in the trial of French film director Christophe Ruggia, charged with sexually abusing actress Adele Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases ...

Ruggia had denied any wrongdoing. Haenel, now 35, was the first top actor in France to accuse the film industry of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse after the #MeToo movement broke out.

On 3 February 2025, the Paris court sentenced Christophe Ruggia for the molestation of Adèle Haenel to four years - two under ...

French Director Christophe Ruggia has been sentenced to two years of house arrest for sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was a minor. Ruggia will serve under house arrest with an ...