Director Paul Haggis will be released from house arrest while prosecutors in Italy determine whether to pursue rape charges against him.
Judge Vilma Gilli said that the Canada-born filmmaker could be sprung from his hotel pending the investigation on Monday.
Haggis, 69, was detained in Puglia last month after a woman alleged he raped her over two days while he was in the country for an arts festival in Ostuni.
The accuser has not been identified, though press reports have described her as a 28-year-old British woman.
“We were supposed to work together, but instead he raped me from Sunday evening to Wednesday,” the woman told cops in the southern city of Brindisi.
Michele Laforgia, an attorney for Haggis, said the director maintains his innocence.
Laforgia stated, “The judge ruled that there were no signs of abuse or violence found on the woman.”
Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported that Gilli also characterized the woman’s decision to be with Haggis where he was staying as “spontaneous.”
Laforgia said it was unclear if Italian prosecutors would be closing the case against Haggis.
Haggis is credited as a screenwriter for James Bond films “Quantum of Solace” and “Casino Royale,” as well as 2006’s Oscar-winning “Crash,” which he also directed.