Adèle Haenel case: “almost spite”, this attitude which marked a specialist during the trial of Christophe Ruggia

Noémie Schulz, senior reporter police-justice &agrav; France Info, described the attitude of Adèle Haenel to against Christophe Ruggia during the trial from December 9 to Paris court.

© Bestimage Adèle Haenel at the 45th César ceremony, in 2020

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• On December 9, the trial of Christophe Ruggia for sexual assault on a minor began ; in Paris, with Adèle Haenel as plaintiff.
• Adèle Haenel expressed strong anger during the trial, describing repeated assaults suffered at the age of 12 by the director.
• The director, denying the accusations, risks up to 10 years in prison and 150,000 euros in fines fine, trial continuing on December 10.

22 years ago, Adèle Haenel was still (almost) a little girl. She was 13 years old and she was going to her first castings. It was at this time that she met Christophe Ruggia. After auditioning her, the director chose her for his film Les Diables. But, almost twenty years later, the actress revealed the behind the scenes of this filming. In 2019, she revealed in Mediapart that she had been victim of the director.

On Monday, December 9, Christophe Ruggia's trial for sexual assault on a minor by a person in authority began at the Paris court. Adèle Haenel thus had to face the man she describes as her attacker. And as described Noémie Schulz, a senior police-justice reporter at France Info, the actress was more than determined.

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Adèle Haenel, « A lot of anger »

The journalist first noticed the determined attitude of the one who has chosen to officially retire from the world of cinema: « It was quite striking, a complainant like that who does not take her eyes off the man she accuses raquo;, she noted. The specialist also believed she could feel the emotions of Adèle Haenel, « a lot of anger, almost spite », according to her.

A strong word to describe the state of mind of the woman who says she suffered repeated assaults when she was 12 years old. At the trial, she described assaults that were almost always at Christophe Ruggia's home. While he was “in an armchair,” she said he found a way to get close to her and began to caress her thighs and “kiss her neck,” and that he ” was breathing heavily » during these moments.

The director defends himself in an embarrassing way: the movements of «tongue »

For his part, the director denies everything. He defends himself by speaking of a « pure lie ». He also speaks of an “overflowing sensuality” of the (very) young actress, of what he calls the “poses” and the “tongue movements” that she made at that time, that is to say at the age of 12.

Christophe Ruggia also cannot explain what he was doing with a teenage girl at his house for hours. Let us recall that at the time, he was 36 years old. Now 59 years old, still presumed innocent, he faces 10 years in prison and a 150,000 euro fine. His trial will continue until December 10.