Rape case against Oscar winner Haggis dropped

An Italian justice has dismissed intersexual battle charges against Oscar-winning writer Paul Haggis, 3 years aft helium was arrested.

Haggis is known for penning and directing the Oscar-winning 2004 movie Crash, arsenic good arsenic co-writing James Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

He was arrested successful Brindisi successful 2022 aft being accused of rape by a British pistillate who had attended a movie festival with him.

"A mendacious allegation is simply a unspeakable thing," helium told reporters successful the metropolis connected Thursday. "It was precise hard connected my family, and myself arsenic well, I guess. I felt precise atrocious for my household and now, truly I consciousness grateful."

He added: "I consciousness precise grateful to the judiciary, the judge, and for my avvocato [lawyer] for his unthinkable spot and for his quality to spot the information and laic it retired simply and understandably truthful that everyone tin see."

Haggis's lawyers told the Reuters quality bureau that a tribunal justice had ruled nary intersexual enactment took spot without consent.

"For Mr Haggis, it is the extremity of a nightmare that has unfairly shattered the vocation of a movie genius and 2006 Oscar winner," they said successful a statement.

The Canadian film-maker, 72, added that helium had applied for residency successful Italy and planned to unrecorded determination permanently.

In a abstracted lawsuit successful 2022, Haggis was ordered to wage $10m successful damages aft being recovered liable successful a civilian proceedings for raping a woman. He denied the allegations and ne'er faced immoderate transgression charges successful the case.