Overview
- The Paris appeals court, ruling Friday, set a five-year term with two years under electronic monitoring, up from a four-year sentence in 2025.
- The court suspended three years of the sentence.
- The case covers assaults from 2001 to 2004, when Haenel was 12 to 14, during weekly visits to Ruggia’s Paris home after her debut in his film The Devils.
- Judges said they had no doubt the acts occurred and cited proven harm to Haenel’s mental health, while Ruggia continues to deny the assaults.
- Revealed by Mediapart in 2019, the case became a #MeToo touchstone in French cinema, and Haenel said her legal fight is now over as she speaks to other victims.