Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis ordered to pay €9.6m total in rape case
Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis has been ordered to pay an additional 2.5 million dollars (€2.4 million) in damages in a rape lawsuit, bringing the total to 10 million dollars (€9.6 million) for a woman who said he sexually assaulted her nearly a decade ago.
Jurors decided on the additional, punitive damages after hearing evidence about Mr Haggis’s finances.
