Oscar-winning director, Paul Haggis is likely to be expelled by the Academy after being found liable of raping a publicist and ordered to pay her $10M
A New York jury ordered the Oscar-winning screenwriter, 69, to pay Haleigh Breest, 36, $10 million in damages this week after she testified in a civil suit that he forced her to perform oral sex in his Manhattan apartment in 2013.
In history, the Academy has only ever expelled five members: Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski, Carmine Caridi, and cinematographer Adam Kimmel for various cases including sexual assault allegations.
