Scientology whistleblower Leah Remini testified at Crash writer Paul Haggis’ civil rape trial Monday morning, in what amounted to a last-ditch effort to establish a connection, however tenuous, between the Church of Scientology and the allegations against him.
Remini, 52, who appeared via live video stream on a television screen at a New York courthouse shortly after 9:40 a.m., testified as a character witness in defense of the embattled Hollywood director. Haggis is accused of raping publicist Haleigh Breest at his SoHo loft in January 2013.
The Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology podcast host opened her testimony by describing herself as an advocate for former Scientologists who left the church.
