Case vs. Paul Haggis joins month of Hollywood MeToo trials
The confluence of trials is a coincidence, but it makes for something of a #MeToo moment
Because of Haggis was well connected in their industry, she was afraid to tell police or her boss what had happened, but she informed multiple friends in the subsequent days and months, her lawyer Zoe Salzman said in her opening statement. “Mr. Haggis used his storytelling skills and his fame to prey on, to manipulate and to attack vulnerable young women in the film industry,” Salzman told jurors. “He doesn’t stop when women say no.”for about two weeks this summer as authorities investigated a sexual assault allegation, which he denied.
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