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Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Paul Haggis has been arrested in Italy on sexual assault fees.
In accordance with a number of Italian media shops and an announcement from the general public prosecutor within the nation, the 69-year-old filmmaker was detained in Ostuni on fees of sexual assault and aggravated private harm. An unnamed girl claimed Haggis compelled her into having intercourse with him for 2 days. He allegedly dropped the sufferer off on the Papola Casale airport on Sunday and left her there regardless of experiencing “precarious bodily and psychological circumstances.”
What the f**okay…
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Airport staffers and border police helped the lady, who was reportedly in a “confused state” on the time, by offering first help, taking her to the workplaces of the Italian Squadra cellular police unit, after which transferring her to the A. Perrino hospital in Brindisi. She subsequently filed formal fees towards the Crash director. As prosecutors acknowledged, she “formalized her grievance and cited circumstances which have been subsequently regarded into for affirmation by investigators.”
In the meantime, his lawyer Priya Chaudry informed The Hollywood Reporter that she can not talk about the case because of Italian regulation, including:
“That stated, I’m assured that every one allegations can be dismissed towards Mr. Haggis. He’s completely harmless and keen to completely cooperate with the authorities so the reality comes out shortly.”
Earlier than being arrested, Haggis was within the space to show grasp lessons on the Allora Movie Pageant between June 21 and June 26. The administrators of the competition informed Selection they’ve “discovered with dismay and shock the information that Paul Haggis is in custody for alleged violence” and have “instantly proceeded to take away any participation of the director from the occasion.” The assertion continued:
“On the identical time, they specific full solidarity with the lady concerned. The themes chosen for the competition are, amongst others, these of equality, gender equality, and solidarity. As professionals and girls they’re dismayed and hope that the competition will assist foster extra info and consciousness on such a topical and more and more urgent problem.”
This isn’t the primary time that Haggis has confronted a sexual assault allegation. Again in 2018, the Million Greenback Child author was sued by leisure publicist Haleigh Breest who claimed that he had brutally raped in her New York house her following a premiere in 2013. When the civil lawsuit got here to mild, three extra girls got here ahead to additionally accuse him of sexual misconduct. He denied the allegations on the time.
Horrific what allegedly occurred right here…
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