Paul Haggis will not testify in rape suit

A scheduled deposition of Paul Haggis in a lawsuit in which the Oscar-winner is accused of rape will not go forward as planned next week.

Attorneys for Haleigh Breest, a publicist who says he raped her in 2013, scheduled Haggis to give sworn testimony on Monday. But his attorney, Christine Lepera, informed her attorneys yesterday the date didn’t work.

The lawsuit, filed in December, prompted three additional women to come forward with their own sexual misconduct accusations, including another who says he raped her. They aren’t identified in court papers. Haggis has denied the allegations and countersued Breest.

Breest’s attorneys have asked for the deposition to be immediately rescheduled. —AP