The 'Crash' filmmaker is ordered to pay $7.5 million in compensatory damages, as well as additional punitive damages, to Haleigh Breest, who accused him of sexual assault in a 2013 incident.
The 'Million Dollar Baby' filmmaker insists his accusers 'twisted the truth' as he recently gave his testimony before judge in ongoing sexual assault trial.
The 'Crash' director was reportedly no longer charged with sexual assault after a court in Lecce, Italy, found no basis to continue investigating the case.
The 69-year-old 'Crash' filmmaker, who was under police detention in an Italian hotel after being accused of sexual assault by an unnamed British woman, has now been released.
According to his attorney, the Oscar-winning director is 'willing to fully cooperate with the authorities' after being charged with forcing a young woman to undergo sexual intercourse with him.