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X-Men director Bryan Singer is being accused of sexual abuse of a teenage boy in a lawsuit filed Wednesday, according to court documents obtained by TheWrap.
According to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Hawaii, plaintiff Michael Egan, who was named in a press release by his lawyers, was 17 when he was forcibly sodomized by Singer, among other accusations.
The suit alleges Singer provided Egan with drugs and alcohol and flew him to Hawaii for sex on more than one occasion in 1999 and claims that Egan was not the only underage boy who was abused.
The abuse allegedly began in 1998, shortly after Egan was lured to parties at a house where a high school friend lived, the lawsuit claims. The house, known as the M & C Estate, was often the site of notorious parties where adult males allegedly preyed on young boys.
Attorney Jeff Herman said*he planned to file more lawsuits against Singer and others involved in the alleged parties.
Hollywood has a problem with the sexual exploitation of children, Herman said. This is the first of many cases I will be filing to give these victims a voice and to expose the issue.
A representative for Singer did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment.
Herman previously represented the five plaintiffs who accused Sesame Street Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash of sexually abusing them. Three of the suits were dismissed due to the statute of limitations running out, however, the plaintiffs vowed to appeal. One other plaintiff dropped his complaint, and a fifth plaintiff's suit is currently active.
Clash resigned from Sesame Street in November 2012, after the second accuser filed suit against him.
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I still can't believe the way some have already condemned Singer especially those complaining about pictures he's taken with fans. Innocent until proven guilty, just remember that.
I'd be on the "innocent until proven guilty" bandwagon but this isn't the first time there's been accusations with him. A comment in that article sums it up:
"I love it when people act like rape allegations against directors is some sort of common thing that people just breezily decide to do for ****s and giggles. Folks, legally filed allegations of child rape are actually pretty darn rare in Hollywood. You think maybe this accuser has got an actual story to tell? You think maybe he should get his day in court?
No, let's just summarily trash him because we like comic book movies and hero worship. We think we know Bryan Singer, because we go see his movies, and who's this little nobody trying to spoil the party?"
I'd be on the "innocent until proven guilty" bandwagon but this isn't the first time there's been accusations with him. A comment in that article sums it up:
"I love it when people act like rape allegations against directors is some sort of common thing that people just breezily decide to do for ****s and giggles. Folks, legally filed allegations of child rape are actually pretty darn rare in Hollywood. You think maybe this accuser has got an actual story to tell? You think maybe he should get his day in court?
No, let's just summarily trash him because we like comic book movies and hero worship. We think we know Bryan Singer, because we go see his movies, and who's this little nobody trying to spoil the party?"
If you kind of look on Twitter, Devin Faraci & others journos are surprised it took this long to come out. It has to be true, especially when with that post on IMDB, all those photos, an insider on Neogaf who works in the TV industry and has heard a lot about Singer's & Roland Emmerich's disgusting parties.
Believe the accuser or not but I think we can all agree that the parties are disgusting and not because he is gay. He's one of many powerful people in Hollywood, gay and straight, who use their position to get sex from young people. Singer 100% set himself up for this kind of thing and even if he didn't do what he has been accused of doing, it's hard to feel sorry for such a sleezy guy.
There's nothing wrong, immoral, creepy, or disgusting about his lifestyle, parties, or him having his sexual preference.
The only issue here is whether or not his activities with that dude when he was 17 were consensual or not, nothing more.
I'm not talking about him being gay.There's nothing wrong, immoral, creepy, or disgusting about his lifestyle, parties, or him having his sexual preference.
The only issue here is whether or not his activities with that dude when he was 17 were consensual or not, nothing more.
Luring young men to his parties and giving them booze and drugs, then forcing them to perform sexual acts on him isn't wrong, immoral, creepy or disgusting?