Paul Haggis Claims A Woman Is Trying To Extort Him Over ‘Fake Rape’

Paul Haggis isn’t messing around. He claims that a woman is trying to extort him for $9 million– that’s million with an “M”– after threatening to come out and accuse him of rape. The alleged victim, Haleigh Breest, claims that Haggis raped her at his apartment 5 years ago.

The letter also entreats the Hollywood artist to contact the attorney if he was ‘interested in discussing a resolution of this matter without resort o litigation.’

On December 11, 2017, Haggis says he placed a phone call to the unknown attorney who promptly asked for a $9,000,000 settlement ‘in order to avoid the threatened lawsuit.’

Holy mother of shady.

Haggis of course denied the claims. He said it would’ve been physically impossible for him to assault her anyway, because he had back surgery just days before the alleged assault.

‘Plaintiff had surgery to correct that medical issue shortly before the night Defendant claimed this ‘violence’ occurred, requiring him to wear a post-surgical back brace continuously at the time,’ court documents state.

‘He was under a restriction against severe exertion and was unable to lift anything more than a light grocery bag during his recovery period,’ the paperwork adds.

Breest has yet to publicly comment about the allegations or Haggis’ lawsuit.

Breests’ lawyer said the “emotional and psychological damage… from the attack cannot be overstated: it has been profound and lasting.”

‘Like many victims of sexual assault, due to a combination of trauma, fear, and shame, Ms. Breest refrained for many years from speaking out about the assault,’ the document states.

‘But Ms. Breest came to realize she could not repress what had happened. She sought mental health treatment and, eventually, gained the courage to come forward.”

Haggis isn’t messing around.

In offering a rationale to the court for the litigation, Haggis explains that he ‘is not going to allow the false narrative threatened by the Defendant to frighten him into capitulating to these outrageous and wholly baseless demands, and is instead going to confront his accuser and seek all available remedies for the harm she has inflicted (and intends to continue to inflict) on him.’

The ‘Crash’ director adds: ‘Defendant’s threatened statements were designed to inflict the utmost terror upon Plaintiff, and were presented in the most graphically lurid (false) ways. The tactic of using such extreme emotional abuse was clearly designed to best insure [sic] the ransom would be paid.’

Here’s my question. Haggis hasn’t been shy about calling out Scientology, and the cult has a history of going after its former members.

I wonder if this accusation connects back to the “church”…

Haggis said he has been subjected to a campaign of harassment since leaving the Church of Scientology in 2009 after being an active member for 35 years.

I wouldn’t be surprised…

h/t Daily Mail