Paul Haggis Sex Assault Accuser’s Grim Details Revealed: ‘I Was Raped for Days’

thewrap.com:

arrested in Italy over the weekend on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury, according to local reports. An unidentified woman claims Haggis, 70, raped her over multiple days in the town of Ostuni, where he was scheduled to hold a series of master classes at Allora Fest this week, according to Corriere della Serra.

The local film festival has canceled his appearances and distanced itself from the Canadian filmmaker.Haggis’ longtime attorney has denied the allegations, the latest to surface against the “Crash” director and “Million Dollar Baby” writer who’s been accused by four other women.

The Oscar winner publicly left Scientology in 2009 and has claimed the church is behind the accusations.According to local reports, police in the Italian city of Brindisi say the latest accuser’s injuries are consistent with her claims. “I was raped for days,” she told police, according to arrest documents obtained by The Daily Beast. “We were supposed to work together, but instead he raped me from Sunday evening to Wednesday.”She told investigators he then drove her for an hour to the Brindisi airport where he left her in the pre-dawn hours with no ticket, but money to buy one when the airlines opened.

Police say she was discovered cowering in a corner by a flight attendant who told them: “She was destroyed. She spoke with difficulty.”The woman was examined at an airport clinic and taken to a hospital for treatment and psychological counseling, according to the reports.