Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis has been ordered to pay an additional $2.5 million in damages in a rape lawsuit
in compensatory damages for suffering and decided that she was also due punitive damages. Jurors returned to court Monday to hear testimony about Haggis' finances and decide how much more he'd have to pay.
While explaining the complexities of screenwriting compensation, he estimated that throughout his four decades in TV and movies, he’s made as much as $25 million — before taxes, agents’ and other representatives’ fees and asset splits with his two ex-wives. “I've spent all the money I have at my disposal. I've gutted my pension plan, I've lived on loans, in order to pay for this case in a very naïve belief in justice,” he said outside court.“Nothing Paul Haggis says can be trusted,” attorney Ilann Maazel said.Breest, 36, said she suffered both professional and psychological harm from what happened after she accepted an invitation for a drink at his apartment following a movie premiere.
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