Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Director Paul Haggis is scheduled to face a civil trial in New York next month on an accusation that he raped publicist Haleigh Breest after a film premiere in 2013.
The trial will come nearly five years after the suit was filed, and just a couple of months after an Italian court dismissed a similar accusation against the director.
Breest’s lawyers are now seeking information about the Italian case, which they may seek to introduce at the New York trial.
In a motion filed on Tuesday, they asked Judge Sabrina Kraus to order Haggis’ lawyers to turn over records related to the case.
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