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Case vs. Paul Haggis joins month of Hollywood #MeToo trials

Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Publicist Haleigh Breest arrives at court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Paul Haggis against Breest, who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at federal court for a civil trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City with his security detail on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Actor Anthony Rapp claims Spacey made a sexual pass at him when he was 14 in the 1980s. He's seeking up to $40 million. Spacey testified that the encounter Rapp describes never happened. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) FILE - Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial in New York, on Feb. 24, 2020. Five years after allegations against Weinstein triggered a wave of sexual misconduct claims in Hollywood and beyond, he and "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson are fighting criminal rape charges at trials down the hall from each other in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) FILE - Actor Danny Masterson appears at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on June 7, 2017. Five years after allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein triggered a wave of sexual misconduct claims in Hollywood and beyond, he and Masterson, "That '70s Show" actor, are fighting criminal rape charges at trials down the hall from each other in Los Angeles. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File) Film director Paul Haggis, center, arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Publicist Haleigh Breest arrives at court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Paul Haggis against Breest, who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at federal court for a civil trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City with his security detail on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Actor Anthony Rapp claims Spacey made a sexual pass at him when he was 14 in the 1980s. He's seeking up to $40 million. Spacey testified that the encounter Rapp describes never happened. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) FILE - Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial in New York, on Feb. 24, 2020. Five years after allegations against Weinstein triggered a wave of sexual misconduct claims in Hollywood and beyond, he and "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson are fighting criminal rape charges at trials down the hall from each other in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) FILE - Actor Danny Masterson appears at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on June 7, 2017. Five years after allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein triggered a wave of sexual misconduct claims in Hollywood and beyond, he and Masterson, "That '70s Show" actor, are fighting criminal rape charges at trials down the hall from each other in Los Angeles. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File) Film director Paul Haggis, center, arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at federal court for a civil trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City with his security detail on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Actor Anthony Rapp claims Spacey made a sexual pass at him when he was 14 in the 1980s. He's seeking up to $40 million. Spacey testified that the encounter Rapp describes never happened. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Publicist Haleigh Breest arrives at court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Paul Haggis against Breest, who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis, center, arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at federal court for a civil trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City with his security detail on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Actor Anthony Rapp claims Spacey made a sexual pass at him when he was 14 in the 1980s. He's seeking up to $40 million. Spacey testified that the encounter Rapp describes never happened. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Publicist Haleigh Breest arrives at court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Paul Haggis against Breest, who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis, center, arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at federal court for a civil trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City with his security detail on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Actor Anthony Rapp claims Spacey made a sexual pass at him when he was 14 in the 1980s. He's seeking up to $40 million. Spacey testified that the encounter Rapp describes never happened. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Publicist Haleigh Breest arrives at court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Paul Haggis against Breest, who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis, center, arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Publicist Haleigh Breest arrives at court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Paul Haggis against Breest, who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Film director Paul Haggis, center, arrives at court on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Canadian-born film director Paul Haggis is seen inside New York Supreme Court for his sexual assault case, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Publicist Haleigh Breest, center, is seen at New York Supreme Court, Monday, Oct 17, 2022, in New York. Opening statements are expected Wednesday, Oct. 19, in a civil case brought by Breest, who accused Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis of raping her almost a decade earlier. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Canadian-born film director Paul Haggis is seen inside New York Supreme Court for his sexual assault case, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) FILE — Canadian-born film director Paul Haggis walks inside New York Supreme Court for his sexual assault case, Oct. 17, 2022, in New York. Jurors got their first look Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Paul Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her, the latest in a lineup of #MeToo-era trials involving Hollywood figures this fall. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File) Canadian-born film director Paul Haggis arrives at New York Supreme Court for his sexual assault case, Monday, Oct 17, 2022 in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Case vs. Paul Haggis joins month of Hollywood #MeToo trials