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Jury Tells Filmmaker Haggis to Pay $10 Million Total in Rape Suit

November 16, 2022
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NEW YORK—Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis was ordered Monday to pay an additional $2.5 million in damages in a rape lawsuit, bringing the total to $10 million for a woman who said he sexually assaulted her nearly a decade ago. While accuser Haleigh Breest’s lawyers called the verdict just, Haggis insisted that he had been falsely…

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Oscar-Winner Paul Haggis Released From House Arrest in Italy, Lawyer Says

July 7, 2022
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MILAN—An Italian judge on Monday ruled that Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis should be released from house arrest while authorities continue to investigate allegations that he raped a woman, his lawyer told Reuters. “Our request to revoke house arrest was accepted by the judge without further measures, so Mr. Haggis is free,” said Michele…

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Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Paul Haggis Arrested in Italy on Sexual Assault Charges

June 20, 2022
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Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis is under house arrest in southern Italy on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury, accusations that the Canadian director denies, his lawyers said on Monday. “Mr Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday with an emergency measure issued by the Brindisi prosecutors and is now under house arrest in Ostuni….

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