Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis has been ordered to pay an extra 2.5 million {dollars} (£2.1 million) in damages in a rape lawsuit, bringing the overall to 10 million {dollars} (£8.5 million) for a lady who stated he sexually assaulted her almost a decade in the past.

While accuser Haleigh Breest’s attorneys known as the decision simply, Mr Haggis insisted that he had been falsely accused and was financially ruined by preventing the civil case.

“I can’t live with lies like this. I will die clearing my name,” he stated as he left court docket.

Ms Breest, a publicist, stated Mr Haggis raped her and compelled her to carry out oral intercourse in his New York condominium on January 31 2013.

He says that they had a consensual encounter.

The jury sided with Ms Breest final week, awarded her 7.5 million {dollars} (£6.4 million) in compensatory damages for struggling and determined that she was additionally due punitive damages.

Jurors returned to court docket on Monday to listen to proof about Mr Haggis’s funds and determine how rather more he must pay.

They obtained a fast course in film financing as Mr Haggis was questioned about his earnings on such movies as Oscar greatest image winners Crash and Million Dollar Baby, and the James Bond motion pictures Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace.

While explaining the complexities of screenwriting compensation, he estimated that all through his 4 many years in TV and flicks he has made as a lot as 25 million {dollars} (£21 million) – earlier than taxes, brokers’ and different representatives’ charges and asset splits together with his two ex-wives.

The 69-year-old filmmaker stated through the trial that he had suffered numerous monetary losses through the years – together with the destruction of a poorly insured dwelling within the 1994 Northridge earthquake – however that Ms Breest’s lawsuit wiped him out.

He stated his authorized payments topped 2.6 million {dollars} (£2.2 million), whereas his profession abruptly dried up.

“I’ve spent all the money I have at my disposal. I’ve gutted my pension plan, I’ve lived on loans, in order to pay for this case in a very naive belief in justice,” he stated exterior court docket.

Ms Breest’s attorneys questioned Mr Haggis’s claims of being broke.

“Nothing Paul Haggis says can be trusted,” lawyer Ilann Maazel stated.

After the decision, he stated the jury “did the right thing”.

Jurors left court docket with out commenting.

Ms Breest, 36, stated she suffered each skilled and psychological hurt from what occurred after she accepted an invite for a drink at his condominium following a film premiere.

She declined to touch upon Monday.

In a press release after the preliminary verdict on Thursday, she stated she appreciated “the opportunity to seek justice and accountability in court – and that the jury chose to follow the facts – and believed me”.

She sued for unspecified damages.

Mr Haggis was not criminally charged within the matter.

The Associated Press typically doesn’t establish individuals who say they’ve been sexually assaulted except they arrive ahead publicly, as Ms Breest has achieved.