Adèle Haenel confided in the director's sister in 2010

The trial of director Christophe Ruggia, tried for sexual assault on actress Adèle Haenel, continues. This morning, the director's sister testified about the secrets the actress told her in 2010.

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What did those close to director Christophe Ruggia know about the sexual assaults of which actress Adèle Haenel accused him? His sister, Véronique Ruggia, actress, came to testify this Tuesday morning at the Paris Criminal Court. She was an assistant on the film The devils which his brother directed in 2001 and in which Adèle Haenel played, then aged 12.

During filming, she remembers that Christophe Ruggia played a lot with the two child stars of the film, Adèle and Vincent Rottiers. “He spent time with them, warming them up to prepare the scenes,” she relates. After filming, during the period…It's…