The Paris Criminal Court has sentenced French filmmaker Christophe Ruggia to four years in prison, two of which are firm, and who must comply with an electronic surveillance bracelet for the sexual aggressions committed against actress Adèle Haenel, when she He was 12 years old and 36 in the filming of the movie ‘Los Devils’ in 2001.
This is stated by the French media ‘Le Figaro’, who says that the filmmaker’s lawyer, Fanny Colin, told the press at the exit of the view that they would appeal the decision because “it is an injustice.”
“The law of the unconditional support of public opinion has crushed the fundamental principle of law, which is the benefit of doubt. The Court’s decision leaves us the bitter feeling that injustice is preferable to disorder. A disorder that a disorder that Christophe Ruggia’s acquittal would not have stopped provoking, “said the lawyer.
This complaint shook the world of French cinema and opened the way for the #MeToo movement in the country. These sexual assaults denounced by Adèle Haenel, first publicly in Mediapart in 2019 and then before the courts, began after the filming of the film ‘Los Devils’ in 2001, under the pretext of preparing their promotion.
According to the complainant, they lasted two years and “almost all” occurred on Saturday afternoon at the domicile of the director, where she went to better her interpretive technique. The filmmaker has denied the accusations at all times. The conviction has been a year younger than the Prosecutor’s Office claimed, which was five years of house arrest.
The aforementioned media indicates that, when the news has been known in the court, some attendees have applauded the sentence. In addition, actress Adèle Haenel has been accompanied by feminist entities or actress Judith Godrèche- who has also denounced sexual assaults when she was minor- or director Céline Sciamma.
After making the complaint in 2019, Haenel departed from the world of interpretation, despite acting in 34 movie and television titles.