{"id":103099,"date":"2022-10-20T21:28:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T21:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/accuser-testified-she-felt-like-trapped-animal-when-allegedly-raped-by-paul-haggis\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T21:28:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T21:28:08","slug":"accuser-testified-she-felt-like-trapped-animal-when-allegedly-raped-by-paul-haggis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/accuser-testified-she-felt-like-trapped-animal-when-allegedly-raped-by-paul-haggis\/","title":{"rendered":"Accuser testified she felt like &#8216;trapped animal&#8217; when allegedly raped by Paul Haggis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A one-time publicist described for a Manhattan jury Thursday how she felt like \u201ca trapped animal\u201d when Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis allegedly raped her in his Soho apartment.<\/p>\n<p>Haleigh Breest, who is suing Haggis over the alleged 2013 encounter,delivered graphic testimony in Manhattan Supreme Court, telling jurors she wished she had never stepped foot inside the \u201cCrash\u201d filmmaker&#8217;s pad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like a trapped animal,\u201d Breest said, her eyes downcast and shaking her head.  \u201cThere was nothing for me to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breest, then 26 and a movie publicist, claims Haggis offered her a ride home after attending a movie premiere on the Upper West Side as a celebrity guest.<\/p>\n<p>But Haggis then pressured her to go back to his apartment \u2014 and became \u201cagitated\u201d when she urged him to go to a public bar instead, Breest alleged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn&#8217;t want to go to his apartment,\u201d she told the jury, saying Haggis continued to insist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got agitated.  &#8216;Come over for a drink.  I just got off a flight and I&#8217;m really tired,\u201d she said.  \u201cI felt pressured to say yes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDirector Paul Haggis arrives at the Manhattan Supreme Court.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Alec Plate<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-01-1-2.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Director Paul Haggis arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court with his three daughters Thursday.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-01-1-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-01-1-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-01-1-2.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-01-1-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-01-1-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDirector Paul Haggis arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court with his three daughters Thursday.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Alec Plate<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-30.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Director Paul Haggis outside Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-30.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-30.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-30.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-30.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-30.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDirector Paul Haggis outside Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Alec Plate<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"428\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?resize=428%2C589&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Director Paul Haggis arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court for his civil trial Thursday.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=856 856w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=642 642w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?resize=428%2C589&#038;ssl=1 428w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=214 214w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDirector Paul Haggis enters Manhattan Supreme Court for his civil trial.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI said, &#8216;Yes, but I&#8217;m not sleeping in Soho tonight,\u201d she said.  \u201cI wanted to make it clear that I had no romantic interest in him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if she was romantically interested in Haggis, she said, \u201cNo.  He was older than my dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breest filled every civil lawsuit against the \u201cMillion Dollar Baby\u201d filmmaker in 2017 over the alleged Jan.  31, 2013 rap.<\/p>\n<p>Following the premiere, she says Haggis offered her a ride home before taking her to his Mercer Street pad over her objections, and then raping her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish I had never gone over there,\u201d she tested Thursday.  \u201cI thought I was getting a ride home when I had left the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haggis, 69, has denied the denied, and claims the encounter was consensual.<\/p>\n<p>In court Thursday, Breest described getting to the filmmaker&#8217;s apartment and finding there was no doorman and no one in the entryway.  The two boarded an elevator to go to his penthouse, even as her cellphone was dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI followed him into the kitchen and living area,\u201d she recalled.  \u201cThe apartment is a loft so it&#8217;s all one space.  I put my bags down, he walked toward me with his mouth open trying to kiss me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-33-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Paul Haggis arrives in court.\" class=\"wp-image-24334354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-33-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-33-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-33-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Director Paul Haggis arrives at the Manhattan Supreme Court.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was totally started.  Our lips made contact and I said, &#8216;How about that wine?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to remind him why I was there, for a drink and wanted to let him know without offending him,\u201d Breest said.  \u201cHe was an important guest.  He was a friend of my boss and I didn&#8217;t want to make an enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the pair drank some white wine Haggis again came onto her and \u201cslobbered\u201d as he pinned her against his refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou&#8217;re scared of me, aren&#8217;t you?\u201d  Breest recalled an aggressive Haggis asking her as he had her against the fridge.<\/p>\n<p>He asked her how old she was, and when she answered that she was 26 he said, \u201cDon&#8217;t act like af\u2014ing 18-year-old,\u201d Breest told jurors.<\/p>\n<p>Breest said Haggis then got her into a guest room, where he pushed her onto the bed and took off her tights as she struggled to stop him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looked like the devil,\u201d Breest said of that struggle.  \u201cHe looked totally different than I had seen him before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She claimed that Haggis then forced her to give him oral sex.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/haggis-opening-arguments-day-one-6-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Paul Haggis accuser Haliegh Breest.\" class=\"wp-image-24334592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/haggis-opening-arguments-day-one-6-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/haggis-opening-arguments-day-one-6-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/haggis-opening-arguments-day-one-6-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/haggis-opening-arguments-day-one-6-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Paul Haggis accuser Haleigh Breest in Manhattan court during opening statements Wednesday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Steven Hirsch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Breest said she was \u201cterrified\u201d and \u201cparalyzed\u201d and asked to take a shower to get away from him.  But she claimed he followed her into the shower and then pushed her back into the guest bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>There, she says she was able to stop Haggis from performing oral sex on her by kicking her legs and squirming.  He then allegedly told her he liked anal sex and raped her, she said.<\/p>\n<p>When it was over, \u201cI remember curling up,\u201d Breest said.  \u201cI thought if I close my eyes and pretend I&#8217;m asleep maybe this will stop and once it stops I can leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breest then passed out and didn&#8217;t wake up until the next morning naked, on top of the covers with Haggis not around, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Later that day, she called her close friend Lyuda telling her what had happened and the pair texted throughout the day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"744\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?resize=744%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Director Paul Haggis arrives at the Manhattan Supreme Court.\" class=\"wp-image-24334351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1488 1488w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1116 1116w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=744 744w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=372 372w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Paul-Haggis-32.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Director Paul Haggis enters Manhattan Supreme Court for his civil trial.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Breest said she joked and tried to minimize the situation with Lyuda because she didn&#8217;t know how to process what had happened to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt physically nauseous from thinking about the night before and how I was gagging\u201d as she was forced to give Haggis oral sex, Breest said.<\/p>\n<p>Breest explained to jurors that&#8217;s what she meant when she texted Lyuda: \u201cAnd I gave so much head I feel like sick right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Opening arguments Wednesday, Haggis&#8217; lawyer repeated that text message to jurors several times claiming Breest was joking and jovial about the encounter \u2014 alleged evidence of the defense argument that the sex was consensual.<\/p>\n<p>Breest was working freelance as a publicist at the 2013 event when she met Haggis, who was an influential guest when the alleged attack happened.<\/p>\n<p>During opening statements in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday Breest&#8217;s lawyer, Zoe Salzman, told the jury that the alleged attack left her client suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder \u2014 so severe she only attempted to have sex once since.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Salzman said Breest was unsuccessful because she had \u201cflashbacks\u201d from the alleged encounter with Haggis.<\/p>\n<p>She said she delayed filing her lawsuit because she feared Haggis&#8217; influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s talented, he&#8217;s powerful and he&#8217;s also manipulative,\u201d Salzman told jurors Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Breest told jurors that it was only after she saw Haggis publicly condemned Harvey Weinstein on Twitter and in the press that she finally decided to bring her arguments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis man raped me and he&#8217;s presenting himself as a champion for women,\u201d Breest tested.  \u201cIt made me extremely upset and want to take action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salzman said Breest was fired from the freelance job of nine years after she filed the suit.<\/p>\n<p>The first witness at the trial was a publicist for a Canadian TV show who tested in a video shot in 2019 that Haggis raped her while they worked on the TV show \u201cDue South.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She claimed that the \u201cMillion Dollar Baby\u201d screenwriter forced her to perform oral sex and raped her in 1996, and tested Haggis \u201cwas in attack mode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woman, who asked not to be identified, is one of four Haggis accusers, with Breest the only one thus far to take her to court.<\/p>\n<p>Therapist Dr.  Catherine Baker-Pitts, who said she treated Breest from 2017 through 2019, also tested, saying the accuser \u201clived in a state of constant stress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haggis attorney Priya Chaundhry countered that the director&#8217;s encounter with Breest was consensual, and said she changed her story many times since the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Chaundhry said Breest even texted a friend the following day and bragged about giving Haggis oral sex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaleigh Breest will tell you that it was rape so that you will give her a lot of Paul Haggis&#8217; money,\u201d the lawyer said during opening statements.<\/p>\n<p>Haggis, a former devotee of the Church of Scientology, has claimed that the claims against him were orchestrated by the church as payback after he denounced it in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>His three daughters have been in court, with one due to testify on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Breest is set to continue testing Friday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A one-time publicist described for a Manhattan jury Thursday how she felt like \u201ca trapped animal\u201d when Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis allegedly raped her in his Soho apartment. Haleigh Breest, who is suing Haggis over the alleged 2013 encounter,delivered graphic testimony in Manhattan Supreme Court, telling jurors she wished she had never stepped foot inside &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/accuser-testified-she-felt-like-trapped-animal-when-allegedly-raped-by-paul-haggis\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accuser testified she felt like &#8216;trapped animal&#8217; when allegedly raped by Paul Haggis<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[2943,110,32701,687,46,3749,3750,6367],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104340,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/paul-haggis-rape-accuser-grilled-about-sex-life-alcohol\/","url_meta":{"origin":103099,"position":0},"title":"Paul Haggis&#8217; rape accuser grilled about sex life, alcohol","date":"October 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A rape accuser of Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis was grilled Friday by his lawyers on the witness stand about her sex life and drug and alcohol use. 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The veteran publicist continued to describe a night in 2013 \u2014 she was in her mid-30s and he was in his late 50s \u2014 when Haggis\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":102184,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/paul-haggis-sexual-assault-trial-begins-in-manhattan-new-york-amid-raft-of-hollywood-metoo-cases\/","url_meta":{"origin":103099,"position":3},"title":"Paul Haggis Sexual Assault Trial Begins in Manhattan, New York Amid Raft of Hollywood #MeToo Cases","date":"October 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Embattled Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis was painted by prosecutors as a serial predator who used his power to \u201cmanipulate\u201d vulnerable young women.Haggis' sexual assault trial got underway at a New York City courthouse this morning. 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