PARIS - The film director accused of sexually harassing French star Adele Haenel when she was still a child has claimed that she hated him because he denied her a part in another film.
The star of Portrait Of A Lady On Fire - one of the most acclaimed arthouse films of the year - has since brought formal charges against Ruggia, who she said was nearly 40 when he"forced kisses on the neck". "Adele was betting everything on my film, and the day after I got an extremely violent letter from her saying that she was going to give up cinema, and that I had betrayed and manipulated her."
Ruggia also disputed parts of a seven-month investigation of her accusations published by the website Mediapart, which first broke the story last month.
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