PAUL HAGGIS ACCUSED
Hilary Swank was taken aback on Friday by the shocking news that the screenwriter of her Oscar-winning film "Million Dollar Baby" had been accused of sexual assault by four different women.
“I haven’t seen that, no,” the stunned Swank told Fox News at an FX event in Pasadena, Calif. of the report released just minutes earlier about Paul Haggis, who won consecutive Oscars for screenwriting the Swank-starring "Million Dollar Baby" and writing and directing "Crash."
Haggis was named in a civil lawsuit on December 15, 2017 by publicist Haleigh Breest, who claimed the married, 64-year-old filmmaker raped her on Jan. 31, 2013 in a New York City apartment.
The lawsuit spurred three more women to claim sexual assault and harassment by Haggis. According to the Associated Press, one of the accusers claimed Haggis made her perform non-consensual oral sex and then raped her.
Haggis was named in a civil lawsuit on December 15, 2017 by publicist Haleigh Breest, who claimed the married, 64-year-old filmmaker raped her on Jan. 31, 2013 in a New York City apartment.
