Paul Haggis

2022 - 10 - 19

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Case vs. Paul Haggis joins month of Hollywood #MeToo trials (Alberta Prime Times)

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors got their first look Wednesday at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Paul Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her, the latest in a lineup of #MeToo-era trials involving Hollywood figures this fall.

Haggis says he was a Scientologist for three decades before leaving the church in 2009. In a memoir and documentary series, Remini said the church uses manipulative and abusive tactics to indoctrinate followers into putting its goals above all else, and she maintained that it worked to discredit critics who spoke out. He is already serving a 23-year prison sentence on a Spacey denies the encounter ever happened. Ron Hubbard's 1950 book “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health" is a foundational text. [actor Kevin Spacey](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-kevin-spacey-anthony-rapp-7e1069d65c5cb112b5e7f6f5c4aaa279?utm_source=albertaprimetimes.com&utm_campaign=albertaprimetimes.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) and screenwriter-director [Paul Haggis](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-new-york-movies-lawsuits-12521923ea90de7c44811fbf1b0489d8?utm_source=albertaprimetimes.com&utm_campaign=albertaprimetimes.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral), both Oscar winners. “Scientology has nothing to do with this case" or with any of Haggis' accusers, she told jurors. Weinstein is facing his second criminal trial, this time set in L.A. Chaudhry argued that Breest falsely claimed rape to angle for a payout. Her lawyer emphasized that Breest wrote that “he was so rough and aggressive. One of them testified Wednesday, via videotaped questioning, that Haggis raped her during an after-hours meeting in her office in 1996, when both worked on a Canadian TV show. And I kept saying no.” Haggis' attorney, meanwhile, said Breest added “lol” — common texting shorthand for laughter — when she mentioned performing oral sex, and that she told the friend she wanted to be alone with Haggis again to “see what happens.”

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Paul Haggis Rape Trial Begins With Focus on Scientology and ... (Variety)

Her attorneys asserted to jurors that the director used his fame and position in Hollywood to pressure Breest, who was 26 at the time. “The defendant, Paul ...

Breest told friends about the encounter in 2013, but she never reported it to the police because she was scared of Haggis and fearful of retaliation, according to her attorney. Her attorney mentioned that Breest felt emboldened to speak out after Haggis condemned Harvey Weinstein in the press after the producer was accused of sexual assault in 2017. the Church of Scientology,” in which Haggis predicted that “within two years, you’re going to read something about me in a scandal that looks like it has nothing to do with the church.” Do you want to keep working?'” She alleges that he forced her to perform oral sex. He has since alleged that leaders of the controversial religion were trying to “find dirt” on him before the rape allegation was leveled. Her attorneys asserted to jurors that the director used his fame and position in Hollywood to pressure Breest, who was 26 at the time.

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Paul Haggis used fame to 'attack vulnerable women,' attorney says (INSIDER)

A civil rape trial in the case against filmmaker Paul Haggis got underway in New York on Wednesday. Haleigh Breest is suing Haggis, alleging he raped her at ...

Eventually, she said, he led Breest into a bedroom where he forced her to give him oral sex and raped her. But Salzman detailed four other women's allegations of similar encounters with Haggis and described a pattern of fear caused by Haggis' power in the film industry. The "hypocrisy made her blood boil," Breest's attorney, Zoe Salzman, told the jury of six women and three men.

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Accusations d'agression sexuelle | Début des procédures au procès ... (La Presse)

Les déclarations d'ouverture ont commencé aujourd'hui à New York dans le dossier civil contre le cinéaste canadien Paul Haggis, qui est accusé d'agression ...

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Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis denies raping publicist, jurors ... (BreakingNews.ie)

Opening statements in the civil case against Mr Haggis began on Wednesday in a New York state court. Publicist Haleigh Breest claims that the Crash and Million ...

Mr Haggis says he was Scientologist for three decades before leaving the church in 2009. She argued that Ms Breest falsely accused the filmmaker of rape to get a payout. “Scientology has nothing to do with this case,” Ms Salzman told jurors. Scientology is a system of beliefs, teachings and rituals focused on spiritual betterment. Mr Haggis maintains that the encounter was consensual. And I kept saying no,” read one text that her lawyer Zoe Salzman highlighted in her opening statement.

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