Prosecutors Request Archiving of Case Against Oscar Winner Paul Haggis for Alleged Sexual Assault

After nearly 2 years, the Brindisi prosecutor's office has requested the archiving for Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis, who was under investigation for injuries and sexual violence against a 30-year-old English woman. The news is reported by the Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia and is confirmed by Ansa. The events date back to June 2022, when Haggis was in Puglia to attend the Allora Fest film festival. He was held under house arrest from June 19 to July 4. The alleged sexual abuses are said to have occurred - according to the complaint of the alleged victim - from June 12 to 15, 2022, in a bed and breakfast in Ostuni. Haggis has always rejected these accusations. Paul Haggis is free again, house arrest revoked. Preliminary hearing judge: 'Absence of violence or coercion'. Paul Haggis, the lawyer: 'It was not sexual violence'. The accusation: he allegedly abused a woman for three days. After his release, on July 29, 2022, the Lecce review court had rejected the public prosecutor's appeal against the revocation of the arrest. Almost two years after the events, the Brindisi prosecutor's office, having evaluated the acts in its possession, has advanced the request for archiving from the accusations against Haggis. The director won the Oscar in 2006 for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for 'Crash' and for the same film received the nomination for Best Director and won the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film.