French Director Christophe Ruggia Faces 5-Year Prison Sentence in Sexual Assault Trial
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Paris prosecutors have requested a five-year prison sentence for filmmaker Christophe Ruggia over sexual assault charges involving actor Adele Haenel when she was a minor, Le Monde reports.
Haenel is the star of the Cannes prize-winning film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and “BPM.” The sentence, requested on Tuesday, includes two years under house arrest with electronic monitoring and three years suspended.
Prosecutor Camille Poch said during the hearing that it must “remind us of the forbidden, who was the adult, who was the child, it must set the world straight.” The case stems from incidents that allegedly occurred when Haenel was between 12 and 14 years old, following her role in Ruggia’s 2001 film “Les Diables” (“The Devils”).
The prosecution outlined a pattern of “progressive hold” over Haenel, which included approximately 100 Saturday afternoons spent at Ruggia’s residence until February 2004.
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