Four women have come forward to accuse Hollywood heavyweight Paul Haggis of sexual assault.

The first woman to come forward, Haleigh Breest, filed a lawsuit in December accusing the director of rape.

Haggis then countersued Breest, a publicist, claiming her lawsuit was nothing more than a 'shakedown.'

The three other woman went public with their allegations after learning of the suit, with one of them alleging that she too was raped by Haggis.

That woman, who is also a publicist, said that she was forced to perform oral sex on Haggis and he then raped her.

The third woman said Haggis attempted to sexually assault her, while the fourth claims the director held her arms down and forcibly kissed her before following her into a cab when she tried to flee.

A lawyer for Haggis, who has been married to actress Deborah Rennard since 1997 and won two Oscars for his film Crash, said: 'He didn't rape anybody.'

Allegation: Paul Haggis (above at the 2006 Academy Awards) has been accused of sexually assault by four women

Accuser: The first woman to come forward, publicist Haleigh Breest (far right with Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, Jordyn Wieber and Kyla Ross), filed a lawsuit in December accusing the director of rape

Denial: lawyer for Haggis, who won two Oscars for his 2004 film Crash, said: 'He didn't rape anybody' (Breest's complaint above)

The three new accusers would nor share their names with the Associated Press out of fear of retribution.

All of the women said that Haggis tried to kiss them, and two noted that when they resisted he fought back by escalating his aggression.

The publicist was claims she was raped by Haggis said that the incident occurred back in 1996 while she was working with the director on a television program.

That show was likely the Canadian comedy series Due South.

He asked the woman to come in late to the office one night, and that is when the incident allegedly occurred, despite her attempts to stop Haggis.

She thought it was odd to have to go to the office so late she said, and Haggis immediately made his move once she entered the room by kissing her in an aggressive manner.

'I just pulled away. He was just glaring at me and came at me again. I was really resisting,' claims the woman.

'He said to me, "Do you really want to continue working?" And then he really forced himself on me. I was just numb. I didn't know what to do.'

Haggis then forced her into performing oral sex on her she alleges, pushed her to the ground and raped her on the floor.

Her account was corroborated by a friend she told at the time, and the accuser said that she did not report the incident because of how powerful Haggis was in the industry.

'The power, the anger, the financial resources, you feel like you are not really a match for that,' said the woman.

Another woman was pitching Haggis a television show in the early aughts, and claims that soon after she arrived at his office she was informed by the producer that he and his wife had an open relationship.

Haggis then allegedly tried to kiss the woman against her will, at which point she ran out of the office and into her car.

'How am I going to escape alive?' the woman, who was then in her 30s, said she thought to herself at the time.

'I felt like my life could have been over.'

A friend who she called as she drove off corroborated her story.

The final woman to come forward claims she was assaulted by Haggis in 2015 while the two were in Canada.

She was in her late 20s and said she new Haggis from film events.

He allegedly kissed her and held down her arms before she escaped into a cab, with Haggis following her into the vehicle.

She said that when the taxi arrived at her apartment, Haggis threw money at the driver, chased her and kissed her again before she was able to get into her residence and shut the door.

She said Haggis waved his hands at her once she was inside and sent her harassing text messages for the next 24 hours, until she blocked him.

Claims: Haggis allegedly told on of his accusers that he and his wife had an open relationship (above with Harvey Weinstein and Elizabeth Beare in 2012)

Big fans: Haggis with Crash star Sandra Bullock (left) and fellow former Scientologist Leah Remini (right)

Breest wrote in her complaint, which was filed in the Supreme Court of New York, County of New York on December 15, that she met Haggis at a film premiere on January 31, 2013.

She claims that she was working at a movie premiere on the night in question and Haggis was one on the celebrity guests in attendance for the Cinema Society screening of the film Side Effects at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater.

Other guests that night included the stars of the film: Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Rooney Mara and Catherine Zeta Jones.

Haggis offered Breest a ride home according to the complaint and then invited her into his apartment for a drink, a request she initially resisted but eventually acquiesced to because of his 'persistence' and the fact that he was a 'powerful member of the Hollywood elite who could influence her career.'

Once in the apartment, Haggis 'almost immediately began to make unwanted sexual advances and to forcibly kiss' Breest according to her court filing.

Breest claims that after Haggis forcibly kissed her, he looked at her and said: 'You're scared of me, aren't you?'

And when she later asked why he was doing this, Haggis allegedly responded: 'What do you mean? You've been flirting with me for months.'

Then, he allegedly took the young woman into the guest bedroom and raped her. Breest was 26 at the time and Haggis was 59.

'Eventually, Mr. Haggis succeeded in getting Ms. Breest into a bedroom where he began violently to try and remove her tights. She resisted, struggling to push him off, but he continued,' states the complaint.

'After multiple, forcible attempts to remove her tights, he succeeded. Mr. Haggis forced her to give him oral sex and aggressively inserted his finger into her vagina. He told her he liked anal sex. Then, he raped her.'

Breest claims she told Haggis 'no' multiple times, and shared her story with multiple friends in the following days.

She also shared her story with a psychologist in June 2017 when the doctor asked during a session if she had ever been sexually assaulted.

In her complaint, Breest asks to be compensated for her physical injuries, pain and suffering, PTSD, humiliation, embarrassment, stress and anxiety, loss of self-esteem and self-confidence, and emotional pain and suffering.

She is also asking for punitive damages and her legal fees to be covered by haggis in addition to any other reward a jury deems fit.

Haggis responded by filing a countersuit days later, alleging that Breest's lawyer had called him and demanded $9 million just before filing the complaint.

'Plaintiff, who is also known for voicing his negative views about Scientology, of which he was once a member, has many times been on the receiving line of false accusations about him,' read the complaint submitted by Haggis' lawyers.

'He is not going to allow the false narrative threatened by the Defendant to frighten him into capitulating to these outrageous and wholly baseless demands, and is instead going to confront his accuser and seek all available remedies for the harm she has inflicted (and intends to continue to inflict) on him.