A Paris court has found a filmmaker guilty of sexual assault on French actor Adèle Haenel when she was between 12 and 15 in the early 2000s, in the country’s first big #MeToo trial

French filmmaker Christophe Ruggia, who was accused of sexual assault in 2019 by actor Adele Haenel, received a four-year sentence.

French film director Christophe Ruggia arrives for the verdict in his trial for allegedly sexually abusing actress Adele Haenel on set while she was an adolescent, at the criminal court in Paris, France,

Christophe Ruggia was sentenced to four years and fined for sexually assaulting the actress Adèle Haenel when she was a minor.

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 to emerge from French cinema.