A judge in southern Italy on Monday ordered Canadian-born film director Paul Haggis released from detention at his hotel while prosecutors decide whether or not to pursue allegations he had sex with a woman without her consent over two days, his lawyer said.
Michele Laforgia told The Associated Press that Haggis, who is also a screenwriter and an Academy Award winner, was still in Italy. The ruling was made by Judge Vilma Gilli in Puglia, which is the region that forms the “heel” of the Italian peninsula.
Haggis, 69, was detained by police on June 19 in Puglia after a woman told authorities that
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