The court of Paris rendered its verdict on the 3rd February at the Paris court. Christophe Ruggia was é condemned. Present to you leaving the court to support Adèle Haenel, Judith Godrèche had sad words.
© Bestimage Judith Godrèche signs a column in the Nouvel Obs to refute the disgusting assertions of journalist Caroline Fourest in her book on the Benoît Jacquot affair.
IN BRIEF
- On February 3, Christophe Ruggia was sentenced to two years in prison and a two-year suspended sentence for sexual assault on Adèle Haenel, a minor at the time.
- Adèle Haenel, supported by activists, expressed his gratitude for the support received after the verdict.
- Judith Godrèche, present to support Haenel, underlines the importance of breaking the silence on abuse in the cinema.
On February 3, at the Paris court, Christophe Ruggia was found guilty of sexual assault on a minor committed on Adèle Haenel. The actress was between 12 and 14 years old at the time of the events. He was almost forty years old. The director now aged 60 years old gets a two-year suspended sentence in addition to two years in prison.
&As she left the hearing, the one who played in Naissance des pieuvres, by Céline Sciamma, was very supported. She wanted to join the activists who had come. She spoke to thank them. “Just thank you to all of you for advancing human rights, quite simply by your presence and the fact that here we are, we don't give up, you know, thank you very much, we are together”, she declared to the applause of many women. Among them was Judith Godrèche. The actress herself had denounced an abusive relationship with director Benoît Jacquot when she was 14 years old.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000Judith Godrèche had come to support Adèle Haenel
“It's very very important to be there for me”, the latter declared. A few minutes later, she appeared rather skeptical. According to her, this type of trial will unfortunately not necessarily “magically” erase sexual violence in cinema. At the end of the trial, she nevertheless expressed her empathy. “It was very moving, and it was a very important moment, that brought me back to things that on my side will perhaps remain unpunished“, she said sadly.
In an open letter published by Le Monde, the 52-year-old French actress and screenwriter spoke of the reasons that had pushed her to break her silence. She had addressed this letter to her daughter Tess Barthélémy. “For all these years, the fear of words, not pretty, not sweet, not metaphorical, makes me bypass reality. Since I was little, the desire for somewhere else has pushed me to read, to write, to be another. This other is no more. She has died out in me. I can no longer embody her ‘cover’, her shell undulating”, éshe wrote.
“It's time to tell my story”
Judith Godrèche éalso spoke of her trigger. “I understand that it is time to tell my story. For you, for all those who still live in an imposed silence. In fear. It is time. You need to know. We will have to hide our eyes, at times. I hope you will forgive me. I know, it is getting late, but I have just understood. This thing – consent – I have never given it. No. Never never. So, it is time.”
&Like Christophe Ruggia, Benoît Jacquot firmly denied the “allegations and accusations” made by the complainants.