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NEW YORK AP 鈥?Filmmaker Paul Haggis took the witness stand Wednesday in the trial of a rape lawsuit against him, but he didn t immediately discuss the sexual assault claims of five women who have testified.Instead, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and director began what could be days of testimony by focusing on his yearslong clash with the Church of Scientology.Haggis lawyers have been trying to suggest that the suit might be the product of a Scientology plot against him, though they haven t provided direct proof of a connection between the star-studded church and his accusers, only one of whom is suing. Her lawyers, and the church, call the argument a bogus conspiracy theory.Haggis said he was nervous but very happy to testify. For five years, I ve been unable to clear my name, and now I will, he told jurors.The plaintiff, publicist Haleigh Breest, earlier gave the jury an extensive account of the alleged 2013 rape. Breest, 36, sued in 2017 for unspecified damages; there are no criminal charges in the case.Haggis, 69, contends that the encounter was consensual.A sometimes tearful Haggis acknowledged having a number of affairs wh
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