‘X-Men’ Director Bryan Singer Accused Of Sexually Abusing Underage Hollywood Boy At Party In ’99; Filmmaker’s Lawyer Says Claims Are ‘Completely Without Merit’
April 17 2014, Published 8:39 a.m. ET
Bryan Singer, the star director behind the blockbuster X-Men franchise, was named in a federal lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the filmmaker of intentional infliction of emotional distress, battery, assault and invasion of privacy, in connection with the purported sexual abuse of a then-underage Hollywood hopeful.
In legal docs, actor/model Michael Egan III claims that in 1999, the now-48-year-old filmmaker behind the lens of hits such as The Usual Suspects