Canadian-born director and screenwriter Paul Haggis, who was arrested on Sunday evening in Italy on charges of sexual assault and grievous bodily harm, declared his innocence before a judge on Wednesday.
Haggis, 69, made a court appearance in the southern town of Ostuni, presenting his version of events through an attorney after a British woman accused Haggis of sexually assaulting her over the course of several days last week.
“The [sexual] relations he had with this woman were totally consensual during these three days spent together in Ostuni,” said Haggis’s lawyer, Michele Laforgia. “Contrary to what is assumed in the charges,
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