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Variety reports:

Paul Haggis lost his civil rape trial after a New York jury found the Oscar-winning director liable on charges that he sexually assaulted a former film publicist after a movie premiere nearly a decade ago. Haggis was found liable on all three counts of rape and sexual abuse.

The jury deliberated for nearly six hours and the unanimous jury of four men and two women awarded the plaintiff Haleigh Breest $7.5 million in compensation and recommended punitive damages, which will be decided Monday.

The decision concludes the three-week trial, which hinged on allegations made by Breest, who sued Haggis in 2017, claiming the filmmaker forced her to perform oral sex on him and then raped her in his Soho apartment.

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Paul Haggis lost his civil rape trial after a New York jury found the Oscar-winning director liable for charges that he sexually assaulted a former film publicist after a movie premiere nearly a decade ago. https://t.co/sGpjaXQeFj

— Variety (@Variety) November 10, 2022