“But shut up,” screams Adèle Haenel at the trial of director Christophe Ruggia, whom she accuses of having sexually assaulted her

“But shut up.”shouted Tuesday, December 10, Adèle Haenel at the address of the director Christophe Ruggia, tried before the Paris criminal court for having sexually assaulted her between the ages of 12 and 14.

While the director maintained on the stand that he had tried to protect her during her debut in cinema, the actress suddenly stood up, slapping her hands flat on the table in front of her, before letting out in a cry: “But shut up!” ». She then left the room.

Adèle Haenel, 35, who has since withdrawn from cinema, had just made a short statement on the stand. “Who was there around this child to tell him: ‘It’s not your fault. It’s manipulation. Is this violence? »asked the actress, in a black suit. “Everyone asks me to cry over the fate of Mr. Ruggia. But who cared about the child? Attacking children like that doesn’t happen. It has consequences. No one helped this child”she added, her voice trembling.

The court then called Christophe Ruggia, asking him to react. “I was aware from the start of the complexity of this film… »began the director, about his feature film The Devilsin which Adèle Haenel played the lead role when she was 12, in 2001.

“We agree that Adèle Haenel does not blame you for the conditions of the filming, but for the aftermath”the president interrupted.

The 59-year-old director, paunchy belly under a gray jacket, small beard, assured that he had tried to help him, for example in his life “at college” where she could be mocked. “I told him to take a pseudonym”he said, before being interrupted by the cry of Adèle Haenel. After an absence of about half an hour, the actress returned to the courtroom, sitting down, face closed, at the end of the civil parties’ bench.