{"id":2698,"date":"2022-10-20T20:33:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T20:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/paul-haggis-trial-publicist-accuses-filmmaker-of-rape-i-was-like-a-trapped-animal-national\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T20:33:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T20:33:41","slug":"paul-haggis-trial-publicist-accuses-filmmaker-of-rape-i-was-like-a-trapped-animal-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/paul-haggis-trial-publicist-accuses-filmmaker-of-rape-i-was-like-a-trapped-animal-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Haggis trial: Publicist accuses filmmaker of rape, \u2018I was like a trapped animal\u2019 &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>He was a well-known moviemaker. She was a publicist working a movie premiere the place he was a VIP visitor. He\u2019d provided her a carry residence after which invited her to his condo for a drink.<\/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>In his condo, screenwriter-director <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/paul-haggis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Haggis<\/a> had abruptly tried to kiss her, backed her into his fridge, and had a query for her, accuser <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/haleigh-breest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haleigh Breest<\/a> advised a jury Thursday.<\/p>\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\/9206639\/kevin-spacey-anthony-rapp-testimony-sex-abuse-claims-not-true\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Kevin Spacey, in tears, testifies Anthony Rapp sex abuse claims \u2018not true\u2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tKevin Spacey, in tears, testifies Anthony Rapp intercourse abuse claims \u2018not true\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\/9206639\/kevin-spacey-anthony-rapp-testimony-sex-abuse-claims-not-true\/\" 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\/GettyImages-1243777275.jpg?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=\"\">Kevin Spacey, in tears, testifies Anthony Rapp intercourse abuse claims \u2018not true\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>\u201cAre you scared of me?\u201d he requested, in accordance with her testimony.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPublicist Haleigh Breest, heart, is seen at New York Supreme Court, Monday, Oct 17, 2022, in New York. Opening statements are anticipated Wednesday, Oct. 19, in a civil case introduced by Breest, who accused Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis of raping her virtually a decade earlier.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>And so started, Breest stated, a sexual assault that ended with the Oscar winner raping her. She\u2019s suing him in\u00a0a civil case\u00a0that\u2019s now\u00a0on trial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Haggis maintains the 2013 encounter was consensual, and his lawyer has argued that Breest referred to as it rape as a result of she\u2019s out for cash.<\/p>\n<p>In a gradual, unsparing tone, Breest recounted what she stated was a terrifying, painful assault that left her shocked and \u201creally struggling to comprehend what had happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t understand how somebody who seemed like a nice guy would do that,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\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_3966228_6351ae29ee534\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"3966228\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/3966228\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_3966228_6351ae29ee534\" 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: 'Leah Remini defends director Paul Haggis amid sexual assault allegations'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/380\/987\/5a5d1e95e494f2e85c49b155-1280x720_1_Jan_15_2018_21_37_20_poster.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/380\/987\/5a5d1e95e494f2e85c49b155-1280x720_1_Jan_15_2018_21_37_20_poster.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/380\/987\/5a5d1e95e494f2e85c49b155-1280x720_1_Jan_15_2018_21_37_20_poster.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/380\/987\/5a5d1e95e494f2e85c49b155-1280x720_1_Jan_15_2018_21_37_20_poster.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\">Leah Remini defends director Paul Haggis amid sexual assault allegations<\/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>As she spoke with out  him, Haggis, 69, watched largely expressionlessly, generally rubbing his bearded chin or taking notes. He might select to testify later within the trial.<\/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\">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9211378\/surveillance-burnaby-rcmp-stabbing-officer-shot-suspect\/\" 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\/CP165072064.jpg?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=\"\">Surveillance video of Burnaby RCMP stabbing exhibits officer shot suspect: IIO<\/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\/9213102\/jacob-hoggard-hedley-sexual-assault-sentencing\/\" 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\/20221020091056-635153a47ea0d80207c15fc7jpeg-2.jpg?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=\"\">Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to five years in jail<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>Breest, now 36, stated she first met the Haggis \u2014 recognized for writing Oscar greatest photos winners <em>Crash<\/em>, which he additionally directed, and <em>Million Dollar Baby<\/em> \u2014 in 2012 at a premiere afterparty. She had a aspect job with a company that coordinates such occasions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under 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\/9213303\/danny-masterson-trial-woman-testifies-masterson-raped-choked-her\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Danny Masterson trial: Woman testifies Masterson raped, choked her in 2003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tDanny Masterson trial: Woman testifies Masterson raped, choked her in 2003\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Breest and Haggis went on to alternate occasional skilled emails and get together chitchat, she stated, over the months earlier than their paths crossed once more at one other premiere get together on Jan. 31, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>After they interacted a bit through the occasion, a tipsy \u2014 however not stumbling drunk \u2014 Breest accepted the filmmaker\u2019s supply of a journey, after which his invitation for a drink, she advised jurors. She stated she tried to shift the setting to someplace public, however he pushed for his condo in Manhattan\u2019s SoHo neighbourhood, and she or he didn\u2019t wish to offend certainly one of her employer\u2019s red-carpet friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut just so you know,\u201d she testified that she advised him en route, \u201cI\u2019m not sleeping in SoHo tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet Haggis\u2019 advances started as quickly as she put her luggage down in his loft\u2019s open kitchen, Breest stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been flirting with me for months,\u201d he quickly stated, in accordance with her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even know you,\u201d she stated she replied.<\/p>\n<p>Breest stated she was capable of dodge and deflect his makes an attempt to kiss her for a bit, and thought she\u2019d succeeded in politely defusing the state of affairs when he began a pleasant tour of the condo. But as they checked out a visitor bed room, Haggis \u201cbecame aggressive very quickly,\u201d pushed her onto the mattress and pulled off her tights and garments as she tried to maintain them on and advised him to cease, she stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then, she stated, he pressured her to carry out oral intercourse and needed intercourse. She stated she requested to take a bathe as a delicate strategy to get out of the room, however he adopted her there.<\/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\/9213102\/jacob-hoggard-hedley-sexual-assault-sentencing\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 years in prison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tHedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to five years in jail\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then, as she left the toilet to attempt to get her garments, she stated, he put his palms on her shoulders from behind, steered her again to the visitor bed room and made an extra collection of undesirable sexual strikes that culminated in rape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like a trapped animal. There was nothing for me to do,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Breest stated she handed out quickly afterward, awoke alone on the mattress the subsequent morning and left with out seeing Haggis once more.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press typically doesn\u2019t determine individuals who say they&#8217;ve been sexually assaulted until they arrive ahead publicly, as Breest has carried out.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2022 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/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] He was a well-known moviemaker. She was a publicist working a movie premiere the place he was a VIP visitor. He\u2019d provided her a carry residence after which invited her to his condo for a drink. In his condo, screenwriter-director Paul Haggis had abruptly tried to kiss her, backed her into his fridge, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}