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"He raped me despite my prayers"/ The director loses the court with the publicist, what is owed to the lady

2022-11-11 16:22:00, Kronika CNA
"He raped me despite my prayers"/ The director loses the court with
Paul Haggis

A New York jury on Thursday found Oscar-winning Canadian filmmaker Paul Haggis responsible for raping a publicist in 2013, ordering him to pay her at least $7.5 million in damages.

Jurors ruled against Haggis, who wrote and directed "Crash," in the rape suit after a two-week civil trial in Manhattan, US media reported.

The 69-year-old was accused in 2017 by the film's publicist, Haleigh Breest, of abusing and raping her in 2013, when she was 26 years old.

Me lëvizjen #MeToo duke fituar terren, tre gra të tjera më pas akuzuan Haggis - i cili gjithashtu shkroi skenarin për "Million Dollar Baby" - për sulm seksual.

Kohët e fundit, Haggis u arrestua në qershor në Italinë jugore me dyshimin për sulm të rëndë seksual në një rast tjetër. Ai mohoi çdo keqbërje dhe u lirua shpejt.

Në kostumin e saj, Breest tha se në mbrëmjen e 31 janarit 2013, pas një shfaqjeje filmi në Manhattan, regjisori këmbënguli që ajo të pinte një pije në shtëpinë e tij, edhe pse ajo preferonte të shkonte në një bar.

Pasi në banesën e tij, Haggis bëri përparime të shumta përpara se ta detyronte të kryente seks oral dhe më pas ta përdhunonte, thotë ajo.

During the trial, the director's lawyers suggested that Breest's lawsuit was led by the Church of Scientology, which Haggis left and has since criticized, according to US media.

The plaintiff's lawyers denied the charge.

Haggis does not face criminal charges in the case.

Known as one of the creators of the Walker Texas Ranger television series, Haggis won an Oscar for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay in 2006 for Crash.

He was also the screenwriter for Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, as well as the James Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. /CNA.al





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