A civil jury orders Paul Haggis to pay Haleigh Breest $7.5 million after finding him liable for her 2013 rape. Punitive damages will be set Monday.
Oscar-winning writer-director Paul Haggis must pay at least $7.5 million to the woman who accused him of raping her during a 2013 encounter at his New York City apartment.
Priya Chaudhry, Haggis’ attorney, said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times that a fair trial for Haggis was “impossible” once the judge admitted the statements of four additional women — three of whom didn’t appear in court — who didn’t go to the police with their complaints. She said she accepted his offer of a ride home and then his offer of a drink at his place, even though she had suggested getting a drink at a bar instead, because she didn’t want to offend her employer’s high-profile red-carpet guest. At his loft, she alleged, the filmmaker forced her to perform oral sex on him, “aggressively inserted” his finger into her vagina and then raped her.
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