<p class="mol-para-with-font">Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis has been found liable of raping a film publicist at his <span id="href">New York City</span> apartment in 2013.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">A jury in a civil court trial ordered Haggis, 69, to&nbsp;pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The jury also decided that additional punitive damages should be awarded, but the amount is to be decided later.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Haleigh Breest, a publicist who met him while working at movie premieres in the early 2010s, said Haggis raped her after a screening afterparty in January 2013.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Following the party, he offered her a lift home and invited her to his New York apartment for a drink.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Breest, 36, said Haggis then subjected her to unwanted advances and ultimately compelled her to perform oral sex and raped her despite her requests to stop.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Haggis is known for writing best picture Oscar winners 'Million Dollar Baby' and 'Crash'.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Breest met him while working at movie premieres in the early 2010s.&nbsp;</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-e74fc7f9b88860dc" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/11/10/22/64423709-11414561-image-a-1_1668118133466.jpg" height="422" width="634" alt="A jury in a civil court trial ordered Paul Haggis, 69, to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>  </div> <p class="imageCaption">A jury in a civil court trial ordered Paul Haggis, 69, to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">More follows.</p>

A jury ordered Haggis, 69, to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape.

Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis found liable of raping publicist at his New York City apartment

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