Paul Haggis ordered to pay 7.5 million to rape accuser
Paul Haggis has been found liable on three counts of rape and sexual abuse. The 'Crash' filmmaker has been ordered to pay $7.5 million in compensatory damages, as well as additional punitive damages - of which the amount will be determined on Monday (14.11.22) - after a jury came to a unanimous verdict on Thursday (10.11.22) after almost six hours of deliberations. Haggis had been accused of rape in a civil case filed by Haleigh Breest in 2017 in relation to an incident in 2013, with the movie publicist claiming the director made unwanted advances and forced her to perform oral sex on him befo...