Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis<\/a> was ordered Monday to pay an extra US$2.5 million in damages in a rape lawsuit, bringing the full to $10 million for a lady who stated\u00a0he sexually assaulted<\/a> her almost a decade in the past.<\/p>\n While accuser Haleigh Breest\u2019s attorneys referred to as the decision simply, Haggis insisted that he had been falsely accused and was financially ruined by combating the civil case. He vowed to enchantment.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tRead extra: <\/strong><\/span> \n\t\tRead More<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tChristina Applegate shines in 1st public look since MS analysis<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section><\/div>\n \u201cI can\u2019t live with lies like this. I will die clearing my name,\u201d he stated as he left court docket.<\/p>\n Breest, a publicist, stated Haggis raped her and compelled her to carry out oral intercourse in his New York condo on Jan. 31, 2013. He\u00a0says they’d a consensual encounter.<\/p>\n Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The jury sided with Breest final week,\u00a0awarded her $7.5 million<\/a>\u00a0in compensatory damages for struggling and determined that she was additionally due punitive damages. Jurors returned to court docket Monday to listen to testimony about Haggis\u2019 funds and determine how way more he\u2019d need to pay.<\/p>\n They bought a fast course in film financing as Haggis was questioned about his earnings on such movies as Oscar greatest image winners Crash<\/em> and Million Dollar Baby<\/em>, and the James Bond flicks Casino Royale<\/em> and Quantum of Solace.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tCanada now seeing \u2018influenza epidemic\u2019 as flu instances proceed to climb: PHAC<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n \n\t\t\t\t\u2018White nationalism\u2019 a risk the Canadian Armed Forces aren\u2019t geared up for: watchdog<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n While explaining the complexities of screenwriting compensation, he estimated that all through his 4 a long time in TV and films, he\u2019s made as a lot as $25 million \u2014 earlier than taxes, brokers\u2019 and different representatives\u2019 charges and asset splits along with his two ex-wives.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\")
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\n\t\t\t\t\tPublicist Haleigh Breest smiles as she leaves court docket after screenwriter and movie director Paul Haggis was discovered responsible in a sexual assault civil lawsuit, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in New York.\t\t\t\t<\/span>
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