My life has been destroyed in a minute’: James Bond writer Paul Haggis denies rape as he speaks for the first time since being accused of a two-day attack saying ‘I didn’t rape anyone but I made two mistakes’

• James Bond writer Paul Haggis denies rape but says he 'made two mistakes’
• The 69-year-old was freed from house arrest but is still being investigated
• Prosecutors have appealed the decision to release the Canadian on bail 
• He said Church of Scientology is 'capable of anything' but has no proof

James Bond writer Paul Haggis has denied an allegation of rape after being freed from house arrest, instead insisting he made 'two mistakes'.

Prosecutors have appealed against a court ruling to bail the screenwriter following the accusation from a British woman, Mail Online can reveal.

Haggis, 69, was arrested last month after the 29-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told police she had allegedly been subjected to a terrifying 48 hour ordeal by him.

He was kept under house arrest for almost two weeks before being freed but has remained in Italy, where the attack is said to have taken place in order to clear his name as the investigation continues.

Haggis spoke for the first time in detail about the allegations with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, with the Oscar winning saying: ‘I didn’t rape anyone but I made two mistakes. My life has been destroyed in a minute.’

Canadian Haggis said: 'My first mistake was allowing someone who I hardly knew to come and visit me. It was foolish. The second mistake was on the last morning after an incident occurred that I personally found particularly unpleasant, I decided to end this situation.

‘I took this person to the airport hours before her flight. I’m upset with myself for these errors in judgement but cannot comprehend that they resulted in false and damaging accusations against me

The  British woman, whose identity is known to Mail Online, and who is a graduate who lives in Kensington, west London, was found by staff at Brindisi airport in a dishevelled state last month and they alerted police.

Following her claims that she had been kept in a bed and breakfast Harris was held and questioned for several hours before being given house arrest by a local magistrate.

This was overturned last week by a court but he will remain in Italy for the time being despite another court case in Manhattan in September over another sexual assault claim from his former publicist Haleigh Breest. 

The British woman’s lawyer Claudio Strata told MailOnline: 'I don’t know the specific details but I can only assume the prosecutor and the police have found elements which they feel warrant an appeal to the court against the decision to free Mr Paul Haggis.