There have already been five times that Adèle Haenel revealed to journalists from Mediapart to have been victim of“touching” and of
“sexual harassment”from by director Christophe Ruggia when she was aged 12 to 15, from 1is September 2001 to February 10, 2004. This difficult speech is now bearing fruit: the 59-year-old director will appear in court on December 9 and 10 next in Paris.
Approached by our colleagues, the investigating judge affirms that the actress who distanced herself from French cinema denounced in a manner “circumstantial, constant and precise several episodes of touching of a sexual nature on her penis and her chest” after filming “testing” you film
The Devilsin 2002. For his part, Christophe Ruggia,
“who benefits from the presumption of innocence”, underlines Mediapartdenies Adèle Haenel's accusations.
Adèle Haenel: these problematic Google searches by Christophe Ruggia
During their searches, reports Mediapartinvestigators would have made a sordid discovery on
the personal computer of
Christophe Ruggia. The director would have typed the key words “adèle haenel hot” on Google on April 15, 2011. The young actress was then 22 years old.
The filmmaker would not remember it when he mentions the hypothesis of having carried out this research “out of curiosity” at the time of the release of L’Apollonide by Bertrand Bonello,
film whose plot focuses on a brothel Adèle Haenel plays one of the residents. The judge's referral order also mentions other research which questions,
“this time for child pornography content : 'nice teen' ('pretty teen' in French) on Xvideo”.
Adèle Haenel: “I was an adult in a child’s body”
According to MediapartAdèle Haenel is said to have testified no less than four times before the police and the investigating judge. During the first audition, on November 26, 2019, the actress reportedly explained that Christophe Ruggia told her that he had “created” and that she was not “formidable only thanks to him”. Each attack on the filmmaker after filming devils would have left her “absent and empty of itself”.
“Christophe told me that he was in love with me and that the age difference was a curse for him and that, unfortunately, I was an adult in a child's bodyshe continues. MIn my youth, what it will characterize is my lack of defense, my isolation and the ease of manipulation.” After these attacks “opportunists”the Caesarized actress would have had “suicidal thoughts”.
