French film director faces charges of sexual harassment of child actor Adèle Haenel

Haenel says Christophe Ruggia subjected her to permanent sexual harassment' during making of film when she was between 12 and 15

In one of the first French #MeToo cases to come to court, a film director has denied charges of sexual aggression against and harassment of the award-winning French actor Adele Haenel.

A group of feminists gathered outside the Paris court on Monday to support Haenel who claims she was groomed and abused from the age of 12 to 15 by Christophe Ruggia.