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French film director Ruggia convicted of sexual abuse of Adèle Haenel. (www.rfi.fr)
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A French court has convicted French film director Christophe Ruggia of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was underage. He will avoid prison as the court sentenced him to a two-year suspended term and two years under house arrest.Ruggia was also ordered to pay €15,000 to Haenel.

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[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's nice but it's pretty much a slap on the wrist... Dude groomed and abused a 12 year old for years.. For what we know, she was the only one to speak up about it, but I doubt she was the only victim.