US EditionOscar-winner Paul Haggis cleared of sex charges in Italy, lawyers say - BusinessWorld Online
- An Italian judge dismissed a rape case against Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis on May 7, 2025, ruling no sexual act occurred without consent in Brindisi, Italy.
- The case followed allegations of repeated rape by a British woman during a 2022 film event in Ostuni, which led to Haggis's 14-day house arrest in June 2022 before his release in July.
- Haggis has consistently maintained his innocence, calling the accusations false and suggesting the Italian allegations were timed to sabotage his $10 million civil liability in a New York rape lawsuit.
- In late 2022, a jury in New York ruled that Haggis was responsible for sexually assaulting his former publicist Haleigh Breest nearly a decade earlier and initially awarded her $10 million in damages, which was later increased to $12.8 million after adding legal fees.
- The Italian dismissal marks an end to Haggis's criminal ordeal, though his lawyers urge questioning the credibility of prior verdicts made under the shadow of alleged false accusations.
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arcamax.comRape case against Paul Haggis in Italy is dismissed. His US lawyer suggests it was a setup
LOS ANGELES — A rape case against “Crash” Oscar winner Paul Haggis was dismissed Wednesday in Italy. On Thursday, his U.S. attorney suggested that the Italian allegations were planned to hurt his chances in a New York civil case that…
Oscar-winner Paul Haggis cleared of sex charges in Italy, lawyers say - BusinessWorld Online
MILAN — An Italian judge has dismissed a case against Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis for alleged rape, his lawyers said on Wednesday. Mr. Haggis, 72, was detained in June 2022 and spent 14 days under house arrest after a British woman accused him of raping her over a two-day period in the southern Italian town of Ostuni in the Puglia region, where he was teaching at a film event. The court judge in the nearby city of Brindis…
"Never consumed sexual intercourse without consent": the accusation of sexual violence against director Paul Haggis
The accusation of sexual violence against Paul Haggis has been filed. The gip of the court of Brindisi, Vilma Gilli, has definitively accepted the request of the attorney arranging the filing of the investigation that saw involved the 72-year-old Canadian director, Oscar prize for Crash. In June 2022 a few hours before the beginning of the festival of Puglia, then Fest, where he was expected as a special guest, Haggis had been accused by a 28-ye…
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