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Milan — An Italian judge on Monday ruled that Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis should be released from house arrest. , Authorities continue to investigate allegations that he raped a woman. His lawyer told Reuters.
"Mr. Haggis is free because our request to revoke house arrest was accepted by the judge without further action," said his lawyer. Michele Laforgia said he didn't know yet. If his client wants to leave Italy.
Haggis was arrested on June 19 after a British woman accused him of being raped for two days in the southern Italian town of Ostuni, where he was teaching at a movie event.
He denied his allegations at the first face-to-face hearing with the whistleblower last week. "Paul Haggis explained the facts and what happened and declared him completely innocent," Laforgia told reporters after the hearing.
Laforgia states that sex between clients and women was "completely agreed" during the three days they spent together, with no signs of injury or violence as the prosecution claimed. I did.
A 28-year-old woman held a very different version of the event during the hearing, repeatedly accusating Haggis, and her lawyer Claudio Strata told reporters at the time.
Haggis, 69, wrote "Million Dollar Baby" and co-authored and directed "Crash". This is a criminal drama in which he won two Oscars.
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