Director Paul Haggis will remain under house arrest in Southern Italy while investigators look into the sexual assault allegations lodged against him, a judge ruled Wednesday. 

Haggis, 69, has been detained since Sunday when authorities announced they were looking into claims that he raped a British woman over the course of two days last week. He made his first appearance in court Wednesday, with the judge issuing the ruling several hours later.

Outside the courthouse in the southern Italian town of Brindisi, where Haggis is being held, his lawyer reiterated before the ruling that the director and screenwriter says he is innocent.

“Paul Haggis answered all questions and explained what happened,” Michele Laforgia said. “He declared himself, as he had already done right after the detention, completely innocent, in the sense that the sex he had with this woman was totally consensual.”

Laforgia told Variety that the judge was taking a “precautionary measure” with the decision that Haggis should remain under house arrest.

Haggis — who wrote and directed the Oscar-winning 2006 movie “Crash” — has been ordered to remain in his guest house in Italy during the investigation. The judge could also decide to keep him under house arrest, or order him jailed.

He participated in multiple hours of questioning on Wednesday and gave a long, written deposition, his lawyer said.

The British woman, 30, was discovered hiding in a corner of the Brindisi airport early Wednesday morning after Haggis allegedly dropped her off there. 

A flight attendant who brought the woman to the authorities said “she was destroyed” and ”she spoke with difficulty,” the Daily Beast reported. She was then taken to a hospital to be treated for what prosecutors described as “repeated non-consenting sexual assaults.”

Laforgia disputed these claims, saying the woman had no signs of injury or violence perpetrated against her.

Haggis is expected to be in court again next week for a pre-trial hearing, where both the alleged victim and perpetrator will be cross-examined. The judge has yet to decide if the case will go to trial.

Haggis has previously faced sexual misconduct claims in the US by four women.

Publicist Haleigh Breest filed a civil lawsuit against Haggis in 2017 in New York. She alleges that Haggis raped her in his Soho apartment in 2013 following a film premiere. The case is still pending and no trial date has yet been set, according to The Wrap. Three other women came forward with their own allegations after Breest.

Before he won the Oscar for “Crash,” Haggis also wrote and produced 2004’s “Million Dollar Baby” and was the screenwriter for the James Bond film “Casino Royale” and story writer for “Letters from Iwo Jima.”

He was in Italy for an arts festival.

With Post wires