Trial is set to begin this week in the lawsuit accusing Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis of raping a publicist in New York City nearly a decade ago.
Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the lawsuit accusing Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis of raping a publicist in New York City nearly a decade ago.in his Soho apartment after a film premiere on Jan. 13, 2013.
The case will rise and fall on the two side’s opposing testimony about whether the encounter was consensual.His accuser is set to testify — as are four additional women whoBreest and Haggis have been bitterly duking it out in court for roughly five years – including fighting over what testimony and evidence the jury should be presented with.
Breest — a publicist — claims the encounter occurred on Jan. 13, 2013 after a film premiere that Haggis attended as a celebrity guest.Haggis, after attending a movie premiere on the Upper West Side as a celebrity guest, offered to give Breest a ride home at the end of the night, her suit claimed.
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