Paul Haggis will not face trial over an alleged sexual assault that occurred in Italy in 2022 after a judge dropped the charges against the writer-director. In June 2022, Haggis was detained in Brindisi, Italy, on charges of sexual assault after a “young foreign woman” told investigators that she was …
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Crash filmmaker and Million Dollar Baby screenwriter Paul Haggis was ordered to pay publicist Haleigh Breest $7.5 million after a jury found him liable for raping her in 2013, The New York Times reports.Now, an addition $2.5 million in damages has been ordered, bringing his total to $10 million. “I’ve …
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Leah Remini attempted to boost Crash director Paul Haggis’ claim that the Church of Scientology is behind the rape allegation that’s landed him in New York civil court, Variety reports. On Monday, Nov. 7, Remini testified, “Men and women who have been raped absolutely deserve justice. But in this case, …
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Following a three-day testimony where Paul Haggis admitted to having more than 20 extramarital affairs, the Oscar-winning director accused of rape called himself a “broken person” in court Friday and continued to deny he raped a publicist in 2013, per Variety. “I’m a very flawed human being,” he told the …
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A judge ruled at Paul Haggis’ rape lawsuit trial that the defense could call on Leah Remini — who, like Haggis, is a former Scientologist — to testify as a character witness. Before the trial started in Oct., it was reported that the actress and perhaps the Church’s most high-profile …
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The civil lawsuit trial against Paul Haggis — filed by a woman who claims the director raped her in 2013 — began today in New York. Publicist Haleigh Breest alleges that Haggis forced her to perform oral sex and raped her at his apartment following a movie premiere in 2013; …
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Paul Haggis has been released from house arrest in Italy after being charged with sexual assault, an Italian judge has ruled. The Crash director will remain in Italy while prosecutors determine whether they will continue an investigation into the sexual assault charges against him. Haggis was placed in custody at …
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Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis was arrested Sunday in Italy on charges of sexual assault. The Crash director was detained in southern Italy after a “young foreign woman” told investigators that she was “forced to seek medical care” following “non-consensual sexual relations” with a man Italian authorities identified as …
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