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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 · Dec 15, 2022

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 · Nov 15, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

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 · Nov 3, 2022

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 · Oct 30, 2022

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 · Oct 21, 2022

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 · Oct 20, 2022

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 · Oct 20, 2022

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 · Oct 20, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022