Canadian director Paul Haggis is currently in custody in Ostuni. He is waiting for the surety bond questioning by the investigating judge. According to Michele Laforgia, his lawyer, he wants to tell him his version of the facts and confirm his innocence. But while the date of the hearing to confirm the arrest has not yet been set (as has that of the evidence incident), some details are emerging about the rape allegations, which come from a 30-year-old English national. “I told him I didn’t want that. That I joined him in Puglia because I would have loved to spend time with him. But I had no intention of having sex. But it was not like that. He abused me twice, »he had the girl put on record, as reported by the Republic today.
The love ticket
The two met at the end of April at a film festival. “I had the privilege of meeting Paul Haggis. A moment of great emotion that increased my interest in cinema,” she wrote on Instagram at the time, posting a photo of herself with the director. Then they would have heard several times in the chat that the woman used a pseudonym in French. The same she originally provided to investigators last Wednesday, when she was stopped at Brindisi Papola Casale Airport in a confused state. Finally, the arrival in Puglia on Sunday June 12th. Because, according to his version, the two had to “talk about work”. There are no hotel reservations in his name, as Giuliano Foschini reports in his article.
Here the girl would have suffered the first violence. Which he didn’t share because he says he’s fascinated by the Oscar-winning director. So much so that the police also found a handwritten love letter from the girl. In the following hours you published some photos taken in the Itria Valley. On Tuesday, April 14, the new grievances: At that time, the two argued violently. He rented a car, took it to Brindisi airport and left it there. A stewardess called the police and the investigation began. The confirmation of the violence came from the medical report. Hence the director’s arrest.
