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Oct 25, 2022 · In a dramatic flourish to wrap her time on the witness stand, Haleigh Breest, the former events publicist accusing “Crash” director Paul Haggis of raping her in 2013, brought out the long...
Nov 3, 2022 · Paul Haggis took the stand for a second day Thursday, telling the New York jury that Haleigh Breest, the former events publicist who is suing him for sexual assault, seemed to be “having a...
Nov 10, 2022 · Mr. Haggis — who wrote “Million Dollar Baby” and co-wrote and directed “Crash,” consecutive best picture winners — met the plaintiff in the civil trial, Haleigh Breest, while she worked at film...
Nov 11, 2022 · A civil jury orders Paul Haggis to pay Haleigh Breest $7.5 million after finding him liable for her 2013 rape. Punitive damages will be set Monday.
Nov 10, 2022 · The jury awarded Haleigh Breest—who accused Haggis of violently raping her and forcing her to perform oral sex—$7.5 million, with punitive damages to be decided at a later date. Haggis could...
Oct 28, 2022 · Breest, a former freelance publicist for the Cinema Society, alleges that Haggis forced her to perform oral sex on him and then raped her in his Soho apartment in 2013 after a...
Nov 15, 2022 · The jury sided with Breest last week, awarded her $7.5 million in compensatory damages for suffering and decided that she was also due punitive damages. Jurors returned to court Monday to hear testimony about Haggis’ finances and decide how much more he’d have to pay.
Oct 19, 2022 · Haleigh Breest, who filed a lawsuit against Haggis in 2017, alleges that the screenwriter and director forced her to perform oral sex and then raped her after she reluctantly agreed to have a...
Nov 10, 2022 · Paul Haggis is liable to pay damages for forcing sex on Haleigh Breest in 2013, a civil jury decided Thursday, rejecting the “Crash” filmmaker’s three-pronged defense that he and the former...
Oct 25, 2022 · “Trying to forget last night,” Haleigh Breest texted a friend the morning after Paul Haggis allegedly raped the former publicist. “He definitely fucked me. He tore me.” “He was so rough and...
