Reports: Paul Haggis Detained In Italy In Sex Assault Case

Paul Haggis attends the 19th Monte-Carlo Film Festival De La Comedie in April 2022. Daniele Venturelli via Getty Images ROME (AP) — Film director Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday for investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy, Italian news media said, quoting local prosecutors. The Canadian-born, Oscar-winning Haggis, 69, has been in Italy for a film festival that begins on Tuesday in Ostuni, a tourist town in Puglia, the region that forms the “heel” of the Italian peninsula. Advertisement The news agency LaPresse and several other Italian media carried a written statement from prosecutors… Read Full Article