Leah Remini has written an open letter along with Mike Rinder, her co-host of the A&E docu-series “Scientology and the Aftermath,” in which the pair defend “Crash” director and fellow ex-Scientologist Paul Haggis against multiple sexual misconduct allegations, including two rape claims. Haggis was accused of sexual harassment and abuse by four women in a January 5 report from the Associated Press. Three of the four women spoke anonymously.
Read More:‘Crash’ Director Paul Haggis Accused of Sexual Misconduct, Including Two Rapes
“Paul Haggis deserves, based on his record as a gentleman and humanitarian, to be judged when all the evidence has been taken under penalty of perjury in a court of law,” Remini and Rinder write in the letter. “Because claims of anonymous accusers who have Not gone to law enforcement are not credible.”
Haggis left the Church of Scientology in 2009 after being a member for 35 years. Remini followed in...
Read More:‘Crash’ Director Paul Haggis Accused of Sexual Misconduct, Including Two Rapes
“Paul Haggis deserves, based on his record as a gentleman and humanitarian, to be judged when all the evidence has been taken under penalty of perjury in a court of law,” Remini and Rinder write in the letter. “Because claims of anonymous accusers who have Not gone to law enforcement are not credible.”
Haggis left the Church of Scientology in 2009 after being a member for 35 years. Remini followed in...
- 1/15/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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