“Oscar-winning film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis is being detained in Italy on sexual assault and aggravated personal injury charges.
“Italian police arrested Haggis on Sunday for allegedly raping a woman in Ostuni, in southern Italy, over a period of two days.
“The woman was found in a local airport, allegedly left by Haggis in the morning despite her “precarious physical and psychological conditions,” according to prosecutors Antonio Negro and Livia Orlando. Airport staff alerted the police and took her to a hospital, La Presse and other Italian media outlets reported.
“Prosecutors have not yet disclosed her nationality or age.”
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