Oscar Winner Paul Haggis Appeals Guilty Verdict in Civil Rape Case

Dec 15 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
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Paul Haggis filed appeal motions for post-trial relief on Wednesday after the two-time Oscar-winner was found guilty last month of violently raping a woman in his SoHo loft in 2013.

In newly filed court documents obtained by The Daily Beast, the Crash director’s lawyers have asked the judge to reverse the verdict or order a new trial in a 114-page motion, pointing to a “constellation of errors” on behalf of the court that resulted in “severe prejudice”...

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