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The director is in a sticky situation.

If he settles with his accuser, than the celebrity cult will forever brandish him a rapist.

He wants to bring in evidence that the religion is behind all of the accusations, but isn’t being allowed to do so.

Plus, some of his motions are really victim shaming in disguise.

On the other hand, if the accuser loses any of the director’s motions, it is going to be tough to go to trial because of some of the communications made with others about the motive and who is behind the suits.

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Paul Haggis wants his rape accuser’s sexual history

Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis wants to know who his rape accuser has had sex with, it was revealed during a court hearing Thursday.

The “Crash” director’s attorneys “seek our client’s sexual history before Mr. Haggis raped her,” including information about “our client’s past sexual encounters,” accuser Haleigh Breest’s lawyer Zoe Salzman said in Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday.

“That is designed solely to embarrass and harass her,” Salzman said adding the request came after Breest’s deposition, which took place in September.

Breest’s 2017 lawsuit claims that after a movie premiere Haggis raped her in his Mercer Street apartment on Jan. 31, 2013. The “Million Dollar Baby” screenwriter has maintained his innocence and claimed the encounter was consensual.

Salzman made the revelation while asking a judge not to extend a pre-trial information-exchange period between the two sides, noting Breest wants to go to trial as quickly as possible.

“This is sexual assault case. It is an extremely emotional case,” Salzman said. “Any time the plaintiff is delayed in reaching a jury, that is prejudice.” – Source

Paul Haggis, Rape Accuser Fight Over Her Morning-After Text Messages

Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis says he’s on the outs in Hollywood thanks to a publicist’s rape claim. In court documents filed last week, the Crash director blames Haleigh Breest’s 2017 lawsuit — and the subsequent media attention — for resulting in an entertainment community that will no longer work with him, thus depriving him of necessary income to defend himself in court. Due to dwindling financial resources, he’s now had to switch attorneys. Haggis also has a game plan to turn around his situation.

In a rather unusual request, Haggis, 66, is now asking a New York judge to allow him to publicly air evidence that’s currently deemed “confidential.”

The evidence, procured through the discovery process and under seal, is a series of text messages between Breest and her close friends on the morning after the alleged incident back in 2013. Haggis believes these messages will counter the harm inflicted upon his reputation and provide contemporaneous evidence of what he claims was a consensual affair. – Source

Paul Haggis claims rape accuser tried to ‘hide’ a witness

Paul Haggis says his alleged rape accuser tried to “hide” where a witness lives so the Oscar-winning director couldn’t take the person’s testimony, according to new court papers.

Haggis’ lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, made the claims in papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court — where publicist Haleigh Breest has sued the “Crash” director accusing him of raping her in 2013.

“For nearly five months, plaintiff’s counsel has actively deceived Defendant regarding the location of a critical out-of-state non-party witness,” Chaudhry claimed asking a judge to postpone two months a deadline for when both sides must finish gathering records they plan to use at trial.

The witness — whose name was redacted because of a confidentiality order — moved from Massachusetts to Florida and “appears to be dodging” a subpoena to be deposed, the court papers claim.

Breest’s lawyers knew about the witness’s relocation but didn’t tell Haggis, despite months of communications between the lawyers regarding the person’s potential deposition, the court documents charge. – Source


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