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A city council in Canada votes to strip Paul Haggis’ name from hometown park after rape lawsuit

There’s a reason to hold off on naming things after people who are still alive: Paul Haggis’ birthplace finally voted this week to strip the Oscar winner’s name off a park in his Canadian hometown, a month after he was found liable for raping a woman in New York City.

Los Angeles Times

First Thing: Republicans one seat away from control of House in midterms

After almost a week of counting, Republicans look set to retake the house with a narrow margin. Plus, media groups urge world leaders to impose climate tax on fossil fuel firms

The Guardian - UK

Jury tells filmmaker Haggis to pay $10M total in rape suit

Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis has been ordered to pay an additional $2.5 million in damages in a rape lawsuit

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Paul Haggis ordered to pay $7.5m to woman who accused him of rape in New York

Paul Haggis, who won an Oscar for Crash, said the sex was consensual but a jury has found him liable for rape

Evening Standard

Jury deliberations begin in rape civil case vs. Paul Haggis

Jurors have begun deliberating in a civil trial involving Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis and a publicist who accused him of rape

The Independent UK

Deliberations in Paul Haggis rape lawsuit set to start

Jurors are expected to start deliberating Thursday in a rape lawsuit against filmmaker Paul Haggis

The Independent UK

Filmmaker Haggis finishes testimony, denies claims by women

Filmmaker Paul Haggis choked up and wiped away tears while finishing his defense from the witness stand against a civil trial rape claim by a publicist

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Filmmaker Haggis says he never forced himself on publicist

Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis is giving his version of a sexual encounter that spurred a rape lawsuit against him

The Independent UK

Church of Scientology plays down links with high-profile #MeToo cases

While the church says it abides by ‘all laws of the land’, lawyers previously asked courts to bar Scientology references at trial

The Guardian - US

Haggis' defense eyes accuser's emails at rape lawsuit trial

Filmmaker Paul Haggis’ lawyers are seeking to undermine the credibility of a publicist who accused him of rape

The Independent UK

Rape accuser testifies against filmmaker Paul Haggis

A woman who has accused filmmaker Paul Haggis of raping her has told a jury that she felt ‘like a trapped animal’ during the 2013 encounter

The Independent UK

GLIMPSES: 2 #MeToo lawsuits at trial, side by side in NYC

Photographers and videographers hovered outside in the walkway between two large old courthouses in lower Manhattan

The Independent UK

Paul Haggis: Oscar-winning filmmaker’s civil trial for rape begins in New York

The jurors heard opening statements and from the plaintiff’s first witness, Nancy Manoogian

The Independent UK

Case vs. Paul Haggis joins month of Hollywood #MeToo trials

Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Paul Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her

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Paul Haggis can argue Church of Scientology behind rape allegation, judge rules

Director claims 2013 encounter with film publicist was consensual and that accusation came in retaliation for leaving the church

The Guardian - US

Sexual assault case against director Paul Haggis dropped in Italy

Judge in Lecce rules no grounds to pursue investigation against Canadian director, 69, who spent 16 days under house arrest

Los Angeles Times

Director Paul Haggis admits to 'errors in judgment' in Italian sex abuse case

Director Paul Haggis is speaking out amid his ongoing sexual abuse case in Italy as prosecutors there are trying to put him back under house arrest.

Los Angeles Times

Under house arrest in Italy, Paul Haggis will return to US for sexual assault trial

"Crash" director Paul Haggis, who's under house arrest in Italy after he was accused of assault this month, will head to New York City in the fall to begin a sexual assault trial stemming from separate allegations in a different case.

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