Oscar-winning writer and director Paul Haggis has been arrested in Italy on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury.
, the filmmaker stands accused of sexually assaulting a young, non-Italian woman who has pressed charges. Representatives for Haggis did not immediately respond Sunday to The Times’ request for comment.
The event, Allora Fest, was recently launched by Los Angeles-based Italian journalist Silvia Bizio and Spanish art critic Sol Costales Doulton. The event will proceed as planned this week save for Haggis’ involvement. Haggis was slated to teach several master classes. In a statement provided Sunday to The Times, festival organizers confirmed they had learned “with dismay and shock the news that Paul Haggis is in custody for alleged violence.”“The art directors of Allora Fest have immediately taken steps to remove all involvement of the film director from the event,” the statement continued. “They also express their full solidarity and support to the woman involved.
According to an Italian police report obtained by Variety, Haggis brought the alleged victim to the Papola Casale airport in Brindisi and left her there early Sunday. The report noted that the woman was in a “precarious physical and psychological” state at the airport, where she was assisted by staff and border police who administered first aid.
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