Director Paul Haggis appears in Italian court amid assault probe

Canadian-born film director Paul Haggis, centre, arrives at the Brindisi law court in southern Italy on Wednesday June 22 2022 (Salvatore Laporta/AP)

Film director Paul Haggis has appeared in court in southern Italy amid a police investigation into a woman’s allegations he had sex with her without her consent over the course of two days.

Haggis, 69, made no comment as he arrived with Italian lawyer Michele Laforgia at the courthouse in Brindisi, a port town in Puglia, the region that forms the ‘heel’ of south-east Italy.