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Director Paul Haggis has been arrested on charges of assault News

Oscar-winner and James Bond screenwriter Paul Haggis has been detained by Italian police after being accused of sexually assaulting a British woman.

Haggis, a 69-year-old Canadian man, is said to have held the 30-year-old woman captive for a bed and breakfast in Ostuni, southern Puglia, for two days during which he attacked her before leaving her at a local airport in Puglia. the dawn. He denies the allegations.

Discovered by airport officials in a state of confusion and in need of medical attention, the woman, whose name was not released, was taken to a hospital where she needed medical attention and accused the Hollywood director of sexual assault, local prosecutors said.

Local media reported today that the accusation was the woman