PARIS (AP) — A Paris court found a filmmaker guilty of sexual assault on French actor Adèle Haenel when she was between 12 and 15 in the early 2000s, in the country’s first big #MeToo trial.

The 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' actress accused Ruggia of sexually assaulting and molesting her over the course of three years, starting when she was 12.

A film director has been found guilty of sexually abusing a 12-year-old actor while working on a movie, in one of the first #MeToo-related verdicts in French cinema.

A Paris court convicted filmmaker Christophe Ruggia of sexually assaulting actor Adele Haenel between ages 12 and 15. Ruggia received a two-year house arrest sentence. Haenel was the first prominent actor in France to highlight the film industry's complacency towards sexual abuse following the #MeToo movement.

Paris court has found a filmmaker guilty of assaulting French actor Adele Haenel. This case marks France's first major MeToo trial, drawing attention to sexual assault in the entertainment industry.

A French court on Monday found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge from French cinema.