{"id":15780,"date":"2022-11-11T00:35:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T00:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/11\/filmmaker-paul-haggis-ordered-to-pay-7-5m-to-rape-accuser-in-n-y-trial-national\/"},"modified":"2022-11-11T00:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T00:35:49","slug":"filmmaker-paul-haggis-ordered-to-pay-7-5m-to-rape-accuser-in-n-y-trial-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/11\/filmmaker-paul-haggis-ordered-to-pay-7-5m-to-rape-accuser-in-n-y-trial-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmmaker Paul Haggis ordered to pay $7.5M to rape accuser in N.Y. trial &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A jury ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Paul-Haggis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Haggis<\/a> Thursday to pay at the least $7.5 million to a girl who accused him of rape in one in every of a number of #MeToo-era circumstances which have put Hollywood notables\u2019 conduct on trial this fall. The jury additionally plans to award further punitive damages.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Veering from intercourse to red-carpet socializing to Scientology, the civil courtroom trial pitted Haggis, recognized for writing greatest image Oscar winners \u201cMillion Dollar Baby\u201d and \u201cCrash,\u201d in opposition to Haleigh Breest, a publicist who met him whereas working at film premieres within the early 2010s. After a screening afterparty in January 2013, he provided her a carry dwelling and invited her to his New York condominium for a drink.<\/p>\n<p>After hugging her attorneys, Breest mentioned she was \u201cvery grateful\u201d for the decision as she left courtroom. Haggis declined to remark.<\/p>\n<p>He sat stock-still as the decision was learn, then turned to have a look at his three grownup daughters within the courtroom viewers. One had been crying on a sister\u2019s shoulder.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" id=\"recirc_test_read_more\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9214643\/paul-haggis-trial-publicist-haleigh-breest-rape-accusation\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Paul Haggis trial: Publicist accuses filmmaker of rape, \u2018I was like a trapped animal\u2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPaul Haggis trial: Publicist accuses filmmaker of rape, \u2018I was like a trapped animal\u2019\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"recirc_test_inline_stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile is-hidden l-inlineStories--abTest\" aria-label=\"\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Read More<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline\">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9214643\/paul-haggis-trial-publicist-haleigh-breest-rape-accusation\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/paul-haggis-1.jpeg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Paul Haggis trial: Publicist accuses filmmaker of rape, \u2018I was like a trapped animal\u2019<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>Breest, 36, mentioned Haggis then subjected her to undesirable advances and finally compelled her to carry out oral intercourse and raped her regardless of her entreaties to cease. Haggis, 69, mentioned the publicist was flirtatious and, whereas typically seeming \u201cconflicted,\u201d initiated kisses and oral intercourse in a wholly consensual interplay. He mentioned he couldn\u2019t recall whether or not they had intercourse.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors sided with Breest, who mentioned she suffered psychological {and professional} penalties from her encounter with Haggis. She sued in late 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I was getting a ride home. I agreed to have a drink. What happened never should have happened. And it had nothing to do with me, and everything to do with him and his actions,\u201d she informed jurors final month.<\/p>\n<p>While awarding her $7.5 million to compensate for struggling, the jury concluded that punitive damages must also be awarded. Jurors return Monday for extra courtroom proceedings to assist them resolve that quantity.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict got here weeks after one other civil jury, within the federal courthouse subsequent door, determined that Kevin Spacey didn\u2019t sexually abuse fellow actor and then-teenager Anthony Rapp in 1986. Meanwhile, \u201cThat \u201970s Show\u201d actor Danny Masterson and former film magnate Harvey Weinstein are on trial, individually, on felony rape expenses in Los Angeles. Both deny the allegations, and Weinstein is interesting a conviction in New York.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_8045742_636d98387fb46\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"8045742\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/8045742\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_8045742_636d98387fb46\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Harvey Weinstein extradited to California to face further sexual assault charges'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/boqhp1dt2j-7k2m71e4pt\/HARV.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/boqhp1dt2j-7k2m71e4pt\/HARV.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/boqhp1dt2j-7k2m71e4pt\/HARV.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/boqhp1dt2j-7k2m71e4pt\/HARV.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">0:33<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Harvey Weinstein extradited to California to face additional sexual assault expenses<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All 4 circumstances adopted the #MeToo upwelling of denunciations, disclosures and calls for for accountability about sexual misconduct, triggered by October 2017 information experiences on a long time of allegations about Weinstein.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-all\">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9266161\/meta-layoffs-why-tech-companies-are-cutting-staff\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mark-zuckerberg.jpeg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Meta layoffs: Why tech firms are slicing workers \u2014 and why it&#8217;s best to care<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9268910\/high-home-prices-debt-levels-accelerate-economic-downturn-macklem\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tiff-macklem.jpeg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">High dwelling costs, debt ranges may \u2018accelerate\u2019 financial downturn, Macklem warns<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>Breest, specifically, mentioned she determined to sue Haggis as a result of his public condemnations of Weinstein infuriated her: \u201cThis man raped me, and he is presenting himself as a champion of women to the world,\u201d she recalled considering.<\/p>\n<p>Four different ladies additionally testified that they skilled forceful, unwelcome passes \u2014 and in a single case, rape \u2014 by Haggis in separate encounters going again to 1996. None of the 4 took authorized motion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe behavior showed me that he was somebody who was never going to stop,\u201d one lady testified, saying that Haggis repeatedly tried to kiss her in opposition to her will and even adopted her into and out of a taxi to her condominium in Toronto in 2015. His attorneys sought to assail the accusers\u2019 credibility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Associated Press usually doesn&#8217;t determine individuals who say they&#8217;ve been sexually assaulted until they arrive ahead publicly, as Breest has accomplished.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8939132\/judge-in-italy-weighs-if-paul-haggis-goes-free-in-sex-abuse-probe\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Judge in Italy weighs if Paul Haggis goes free in sex abuse probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tJudge in Italy weighs if Paul Haggis goes free in intercourse abuse probe\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Haggis denied all the allegations. He informed jurors the accusations left him shaken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m scared because I don\u2019t know why women, why anyone, would lie about things like this,\u201d he mentioned. His protection, in the meantime, launched jurors to a number of ladies \u2014 together with ex-wife and former longtime \u201cDallas\u201d forged member Deborah Rennard \u2014 who mentioned the screenwriter-director took it in stride once they rebuffed his romantic or sexual overtures.<\/p>\n<p>During three weeks of testimony, the trial scrutinized textual content messages that Breest despatched to mates about what occurred with Haggis, emails between them earlier than and after the night time in query, and a few variations between their testimony and what they mentioned in early courtroom papers.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides debated whether or not Haggis was bodily able to finishing up the alleged assault eight weeks after a spinal surgical procedure. Psychology consultants provided dueling views about what one known as widespread misconceptions about rape victims\u2019 conduct, equivalent to assumptions that victims would don&#8217;t have any subsequent contact with their attackers.<\/p>\n<p>And jurors heard in depth testimony in regards to the Church of Scientology, the faith based by science fiction and fantasy writer L. Ron Hubbard within the Fifties. Haggis was an adherent for many years earlier than publicly renouncing, and denouncing, Scientology in 2009.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/3971216\/paul-haggis-rape-accuser-scientology\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Paul Haggis rape accuser denies claims of Scientology conspiracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPaul Haggis rape accuser denies claims of Scientology conspiracy\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Through testimony from Haggis and different ex-members, his protection argued that the church got down to discredit him and may need had one thing to do with the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>No witnesses mentioned they knew that Haggis\u2019 accusers or Breest\u2019s attorneys had Scientology ties, and his attorneys acknowledged that Breest herself doesn&#8217;t. Still, Haggis lawyer Priya Chaudhry sought to influence jurors that there have been \u201cthe footprints, though maybe not the fingerprints, of Scientology\u2019s involvement here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The church mentioned in an announcement that it has no involvement within the matter, arguing that Haggis is making an attempt to disgrace his accusers with an \u201cabsurd and patently false\u201d declare. Breest\u2019s attorneys have known as it \u201ca shameful and unsupported conspiracy theory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian-born Haggis bought his begin as a TV author, finally penning episodes of such well-known Nineteen Eighties collection as \u201cDiff\u2019rent Strokes\u201d and \u201cThirtysomething.\u201d He broke into films with a splash with \u201cMillion Dollar Baby\u201d and \u201cCrash,\u201d which he additionally directed and co-produced. Each movie received the Academy Award for greatest image, for 2004 and 2005 respectively, and Haggis additionally received a screenwriting Oscar for \u201cCrash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His different credit embody the Oscar-nominated screenplay for \u201cLetters From Iwo Jima\u201d and the screenplays for the James Bond films \u201cCasino Royale\u201d and \u201cQuantum of Solace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A jury ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis Thursday to pay at the least $7.5 million to a girl who accused him of rape in one in every of a number of #MeToo-era circumstances which have put Hollywood notables\u2019 conduct on trial this fall. The jury additionally plans to award further punitive damages. 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