Overview
- The Paris Court of Appeal postponed the case to January 23, 2026 after spending the afternoon solely on a roughly five‑hour interrogation of the 60‑year‑old filmmaker.
- Christophe Ruggia again denied any sexual conduct, claimed he is the target of a “Me Too project,” and insisted he is neither an abuser nor a pedophile.
- The appeal challenges his February conviction for sexual assaults on Adèle Haenel tied to alleged acts from 2001 to 2004, when she was between 12 and 14.
- The first‑instance ruling ordered four years in prison, including two to be served under electronic monitoring, and awarded €15,000 for moral harm plus €20,000 for psychological follow‑up.
- Adèle Haenel did not take the stand before the adjournment; the case, first brought to light by Mediapart in 2019, is widely seen as a touchstone of #MeToo in French cinema and she has since stepped away from film.