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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jennifer Peltz

Deliberations in Paul Haggis rape lawsuit set to start

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Jury deliberations are due to start Thursday in a rape civil case against filmmaker Paul Haggis, tasking a six-person panel with sifting through dueling narratives about what happened between him and a publicist on a night in 2013.

In accuser Haleigh Breest's telling, she reluctantly agreed to a drink at the “Crash” and “Million Dollar Baby” screenwriter's apartment, then was subjected to unwelcome kisses, forced to perform oral sex and raped as she repeatedly refused.

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