The jury selection process for a rape allegation against Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Higgins, who also faces other rape allegations, has begun this week.
Jury selection began Monday in a civil case centered on a
Haggis maintains the encounter was consensual. His lawyers have suggested that the Church of Scientology engineered false accusations of sexual misdeeds to discredit him. Haggis left the church in 2009 and later publicly denounced it.The church has said it had no involvement in the allegations against Haggis.
Paul Haggis and his defense attorney Priya Chaudry arrive at New York Supreme Court ahead of Haggis' sexual assault case.that Haggis had sexually assaulted them or attempted to do so. One said he had raped her. In response, his lawyer said Haggis"didn’t rape anybody."
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