Judge Rejects Paul Haggis’ Motion in Civil Rape Case

has had a motion to appeal his liability in a civil rape case denied by a judge who has ruled “there is no basis to vacate the verdict in the interest of justice.” Publicist Haleigh Breest, who claimed that Haggis raped her after a film premiere in 2013, was awarded $7.5 million in compensatory damages and $2.5 million in punitive damages by a jury in November.

“Defendant has not shown that he was deprived of substantial justice or that any alleged misconduct by counsel unduly affected the verdict,” she wrote in a nine-page decision obtained by The Daily Beast. “At the end of the day, the jury credited testimony, which described a forced and unwanted sexual assault and rape, and found version of a kittenish and flirtatious Betty Boop character, who bragged about her skills in fellatio, lacking in credibility.

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