{"id":19046,"date":"2022-06-20T13:32:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T08:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=19046"},"modified":"2022-06-20T13:32:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T08:32:41","slug":"paul-haggis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/06\/20\/paul-haggis\/","title":{"rendered":"A Canadian film director has been imprisoned in Italy."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to Italian news agencies citing local authorities, Oscar-winning Canadian director Paul Haggis was arrested in southern Italy on accusations of severe sexual assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the reports, the director and screenwriter was \u201cseriously suspected of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated physical harm, crimes perpetrated to the prejudice of a young foreign woman,\u201d according to a statement from Brindisi prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haggis has refuted the charges through his Italian lawyer, Michele 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