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Director found guilty of sexual assault in France’s first big #MeToo trial

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

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Adele Haenel and Director Christophe Ruggia. Pics/AFP

Adele Haenel and Director Christophe Ruggia. Pics/AFP

A Paris court 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.

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

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