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Paul Haggis: Italian Judge Drops Sexual Assault Charges Against Director

Paul Haggis will not face trial over an alleged sexual assault that occurred in Italy in 2022 after a judge dropped the charges against the director.

Priya Chaudhry, Haggis’ lawyer at that trial, said in a statement to Rolling Stone Thursday following the dismissal of the Italian charges, “It was always obvious that Paul was completely innocent — and that this woman lied. The timing of the lie, and the inevitability that it would be exposed, strongly suggest her false accusation was planned to sabotage Paul’s other case on the eve of trial — deliberately engineered to inflict maximum damage and sway media and public opinion. Everyone should now question the credibility of a verdict delivered in the shadow of a false criminal allegation — one strategically timed to generate global headlines, inflame public opinion, and irreparably taint the course of justice.”

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