A French court on Monday (February 3) found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actor Adele Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge from French cinema. Ruggia, who had denied the allegations against him, will avoid jail. The court in Paris sentenced him to four years, with a two-year suspended term, and two years with an electronic ankle bracelet. Ruggia's lawyer, Fanny Colin, told reporters that her client maintained his innocence and would appeal the decision. Haenel, 35, a prize-winning actress in movies such as "Portrait of a Lady On Fire," had accused Ruggia of repeatedly touching her inappropriately after they met while working on the movie "The Devils" in 2001, when she was 12 and he was 36. She first publicly accused him in 2019 of exercising undue control over her, isolating her from her family and crew members, while also forcing her and co-star Vincent Rottiers into filming gruelling scenes that they were uncomfortable with. (Production