Bryan Singer takes legal step against sexual abuse lawsuit

A motion has been filed on X-Men: Days of Future Past’s director Bryan Singer’s part by his advocates to dismiss the sexual abuse lawsuit against him filed by Michael Egan. This fresh step has been taken on May 21 in a Hawaii federal court where Egan charged Singer of sexual abuse.

The plaintiff alleged that the abuse was committed between August 1999 and October 1999. Singer, in his motion, defended that during that period he was not present in Hawaii as he was away to Canada for the shooting of X-Men and then he toured California and New England. He also demanded that as the complaint was filed on April 15, it may be intended “to maximize public attention” ahead of the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past. Singer’s application claimed that this abuse case should not be upheld anymore as there is a lack of jurisdiction.

The motion also mentioned Egan’s previous lawsuit of same kind in 2000 against three executives of the Digital Entertainment Network. To quote the motion, “The timing of this action and inclusion of its sordid (and provably false) allegations are nothing more than tools being used to embarrass, harass, and pressure Singer and precipitate a shakedown of a perceived ‘deep pocket’.” Egan’s four complaints sued Singer along with Gary Goddard, Garth Ancier and David Neuman saying that they have been involved in teenager trafficking and illegal sexual activities. Bryan Singer’s attorney, Marty Singer, has called the lawsuit as “absurd and defamatory”.