One of Paul Haggis’ accusers (the one he told "I need to be inside you") has penned a column in the Hollywood Reporter, denying claims that the Church of Scientology is behind her allegations and explaining why she came forward in the way that she did.
She denies allegations from Haggis, Leah Remini, and Mike Rinder that the accusations are part of a smear campaign orchestrated by the Church of Scientology.
-She never planned to to tell her story publicly, but she changed her mind a few weeks ago when she read that another woman had accused him of rape
-She explains why she chose Anonymity. It's because her friends told her that Haggis would use his powerful friends to denounce her, which is precisely what he has done.
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She is not anonymous to the reporters who told her story: They know her name, have seen contemporaneous evidence corroborating the circumstances of her experience and have spoken with people to whom she confided details shortly after the assault
-After the Story was published Haggis attempted to discredit his accusers, alleging they are acting on behalf of the Church of Scientology. She says that she doesn't know and have not spoken or met with any of his other accusers.
"I have no connection with Scientology or its practitioners. For those people — including actress Leah Remini — who have stated publicly that all of Haggis' accusers are part of a Scientology conspiracy, shame on you. Isn't now the time to be listening to your sisters? Such baseless statements attempt to silence all of us and the entire #MeToo movement."source