A NEW YORK jury on Monday ordered Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis to pay $2.5 million in civil punitive damages for raping a publicist in his apartment in 2013, for a combined verdict of $10 million in the case.
Ms. Breest alleged in her 2017 lawsuit that Mr. Haggis lured her to his SoHo apartment after a film premiere and raped her. Ms. Breest was one of four women who publicly accused Mr. Haggis of sexual misconduct in 2017 and 2018.Ms. Breest’s lawyer, Ilann Maazel, told reporters outside the New York City courtroom on Monday that justice had been done.
Mr. Haggis said the case has ruined him financially but vowed to appeal. “I will die clearing my name,” he said., testified on Monday that he made as much as $25 million throughout his film career but cannot afford the judgment against him after racking up millions of dollars in legal costs. Mr. Maazel said during his closing arguments on Monday that Mr. Haggis should pay hefty punitive damages for his “cold, calculated and premeditated” conduct.In June, Mr. Haggis was arrested by Italian authorities and held in custody for more than two weeks on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury. Mr. Haggis denied the allegations, and his lawyer Michele Laforgia later told the Italian news agency Ansa that the charges were dropped.
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