Christophe Ruggia given two years’ house arrest over incidents involving actor Adele Haenel in early 2000s when she was 12 to 15 years old

A Paris court has found the filmmaker Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexual assault on the French actor Adele Haenel in the early 2000s, when she was between 12 and 15 years old, but spared him jail.

Ruggia was sentenced on Monday to two years under house arrest with an electronic bracelet plus a two-year suspended sentence. He had denied any wrongdoing.