PARIS -- For powerful men in France’s film industry, this was a week of reckoning. Gérard Depardieu — the country’s most ...

The verdict followed one in February, when a French court convicted the director Christophe Ruggia of sexually assaulting the actress Adèle Haenel when she was a minor. He is also appealing.

Director Christophe Ruggia was recently convicted of abusing actor Adèle Haenel when she was a minor, though he is appealing; and actor-director Nicolas Bedos, was sentenced for sexual assault.

“They’re husbands. Colleagues. Respected men.” Other recent convictions in entertainment included director Christophe Ruggia, who was convicted of abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was ...