Oscar-Winning Screenwriter And Director, Detained In Italy For Alleged Sex Assault – IOTW Report

Oscar-Winning Screenwriter And Director, Detained In Italy For Alleged Sex Assault

Deadline: Italian authorities have detained Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis for investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy, according to the Associated Press, quoting Italian news media via local prosecutors.

Haggis spent more than 20  years in television, before moving into feature films. He became the first screenwriter to garner two Best Film Academy Awards back-to-back for his scripts Million Dollar Baby (2004), directed by Clint Eastwood, and Crash (2005).

His other films include Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, the latter for which he earned his third Best Screenplay Oscar nomination. He also co-wrote the James Bond film Casino Royale. more

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7 Comments on Oscar-Winning Screenwriter And Director, Detained In Italy For Alleged Sex Assault

  1. Wait…..what?!?!
    I thought that in Italy, especially south Italy, women assaulted you!

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