November 3, 2019 – December 10, 2024. 5 years have passed since the first appearance of the actress Adele Hennel (Les Combattants, Portrait of a young girl on fire…), in the columns of Médiapart, – finally. File a complaint – and this Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the trial of Christophe Ruggia, the director of Les Diables, accused of sexual abuse, while the young actor was a minor before the Paris Criminal Court, ended.
The 2-day hearing, which was held recently, marks the end of a 5-year investigation. The prosecutor’s office requested a 5-year prison sentence, 2 of which have been suspended. The defense side demanded justification.
Christophe Ruggia at the Paris court
As our colleagues at Le Monde point out, “Prosecutors requested that the hard portion of that sentence be placed directly under an electronic bracelet, meaning Christophe Ruggia would not go to prison if the charges go to trial. He also demanded registration in the register of sex offenders, a ban on contact with the victim and an obligation to compensate him.“The court will issue a decision in less than 2 months, on February 3, 2025.
A tense trial
The trial took place in a climate of extreme tension. To the point that Adele Hennel could not hold back her anger several times, in front of the accused, who looked hopeless and avoided Adele Hennel’s gaze.
On the first day of the hearing, Adele Haenel addressed “You are a great liar, Mr. RudiaHe turned to her and stared at her intently as he spoke the words. The next day, as many headlines noted, Adele Hennel couldn’t help herself, got up, walked out of the room and let out a thunderclap.shut your mouth“.
The gesture is sure to remind us of the 2020 César ceremony, “We’re up and we’re going.”
“We saw Adele Hennel on edge, with authentic pain and anger expressed in front of a full audience.“- said Adele Hennel’s lawyer, Maitre Jan Le Bras. This morning at the microphone of France Info. and added: “It’s not acting or feigned anger, it’s raw anger that rubs off on the audience. It is quite classic and legitimate from the victim’s side, when they were stolen as children, when their bodies were stolen as children“, he continues.
Adele Haenel made very harsh comments about her childhood and explained in detail the importance of her approach: “I’ve had so much loneliness around me, I’m proud that I was able to hold back until now, all my life and the procedure, which was not always easy, was painful for me. “Now that I’m an adult, I’m speaking with the hope of bringing a little less loneliness to children, I know how this loneliness made me want to die, the most important thing I did in my life was to break the loneliness of children.“.
We had to launch MeToo in France, it fell on me
During these 2 days, Christophe Ruggia denied the facts of which he is accused, and also expressed the opinion that Adele Hennel wanted to play the role of a whistleblower. “We had to launch MeToo in France, it fell on me.“
“In the bar, he claimed that the actor was lying, that he had been ‘radicalized’ and was still living under the influence of director Celine Sciamma, in support of his ex-partner in the room. A statement that elicited awkward laughter. Public”, says journalist Mael Le Core In the Marie-Claire columns.
November 2019, Adele Hennel’s first performance
Recall that the affair began on November 3, 2019, when Adele Hanel accused the director of “touching” and “sexual harassment” in his first film, in the columns of Mediapart, which led the investigation for 7 months.
She accuses director Christophe Ruggia of inappropriate sexual behavior between 2001 and 2004, when she was between 12 and 15 years old, and he between 36 and 39 years old,” we can read at the beginning of this very long investigation, for which thirty people were questioned. To verify the actor’s allegations.
“In the media part, the actress denounces the significant ‘control’ of the filmmaker during the filming of the movie Les Diables, then ‘constant sexual harassment’, repeated ‘touching’ on her ‘thighs’ and ‘body’, ‘forced kissing’. neck”, which allegedly took place in the director’s apartment and during several international festivals”.
After declaring that he did not intend to take legal action, he believed that “Justice ignores us, we ignore justice“, actress Adele Hennel Finally decided to file a complaint.
“Now that the court has started an investigation, I am not shying away and want to do everything to see the trial come to an end.Adele Haenel told our colleagues at Mediapart. What I now expect, personally, from justice, is support and reparation“.
Source: Allocine
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