Haggis’s lawyer for the settlement process, Imran Ansari, said Haggis and Breest “agreed to a post-trial resolution to avoid further protracted litigation,” after Haggis appealed the jury’s verdict. I hope the world gets that message from this obvious white flag from his accuser,” said Priya Chaudhry. After a four-week jury trial in 2022 in New York for the civil lawsuit Breest filed against the filmmaker, Haggis was ordered to pay his accuser US$10 million in damages. At the trial, Breest, a New York resident, said she was a publicist working for a movie premiere in 2013 at which Haggis was a featured red-carpet guest. The jury heard from four other women who claimed Haggis made unwanted advances on them, to varying degrees, including one claiming rape.

Source: National Post February 25, 2026 12:34 UTC