The 69-year-old Canadian-born director and screenwriter, who gained two Oscars for the 2004 crime drama “Crash,” was once within the nation to wait a movie pageant that starts Tuesday in Ostuni, a vacationer the city within the southern Italian area of Puglia.
Public prosecutors within the within reach the city of Brindisi stated in a observation Sunday that they issued a warrant for the detention of a “70-year-old” Canadian guy recognized as “P.H.,” who was once staying in Ostuni.
They stated: “The person is severely suspected of the crimes of irritated sexual violence and irritated private damage, crimes dedicated to the detriment of a tender international lady.”
Haggis’ US-based legal professional, Priya Chaudhry, instructed CNN in an e mail on Monday that she was once “assured that each one allegations might be disregarded in opposition to Mr. Haggis,” whilst noting that Italian legislation prevents her from discussing the proof.
She added: “He’s completely blameless, and prepared to totally cooperate with the government so the reality comes out briefly.”
Haggis’ legal professional in Italy, Michele Laforgia, stated in a press observation Sunday: “Paul Haggis is recently in Ostuni, at his house, underneath ‘detention’ via order of the Public Prosecutor of Brindisi. We’re ready to be summoned via the Pass judgement on for Initial Investigations for the custody interrogation and to render our model of the info.”
He added: “Haggis in an instant declared that he was once totally blameless and that he hopes for the utmost velocity of the entire important investigations to explain the topic. Clearly we can’t claim the rest additional nor give main points of the accusations till we be informed totally the acts of the felony case in the back of the cautionary measure and we’ve been heard via the judicial government.”
Haggis is an acclaimed director, manufacturer and screenwriter. His movie credit come with “Crash,” which earned him Oscars for absolute best image and absolute best authentic screenplay on the 2006 Academy Awards, and the screenplays for the multi-Oscar-winning “Million Buck Child” in addition to the James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace.”
