Law Offices of Jonathan Franklin: Bryan Singer

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Former Disney TV President and Broadway Producer Named in Bryan Singer Sex Abuse Case

Newsflash from your Hollywood Attorney:

Jeff Herman, the lawyer representing Michael Egan, 31, who accused Bryan Singer of sexual abuse, announced that he has filed three additional sex abuse lawsuits - this time against Hollywood executives Garth Ancier, David Neuman and Gary Goddard. Former Disney TV president Neuman and Broadway producer Goddard denied the allegations - the former via Twitter and the latter through his lawyer. TV exec Ancier has not yet responded. Herman made the announcement at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, alongside Michael and his mother Bonnie Mound, who began crying during the press conference. "There is talk [that] Mike is here for his 15 minutes of fame. Would you call this fame? This is not fame. What part of this is fame... It's not about money, it's about disarming these pedophiles who used their wealth and power to escape justice."

Herman added, "We've alleged that there's a Hollywood sex ring, one of several sex rings." The three men named in the suit were allegedly part of the same sex ring that reportedly involved X-Men: Days of Future Past director. Egan's lawyer said that the plaintiff was sexually abused by all three men in California and in Hawaii. The lawsuit against Goddard includes an allegation of abuse when Michael was 15. Michael spoke up at the press conference, saying, "Somebody has to stand up to these people." His mother said she found out about the sexual abuse when her son was 17. She also said Michael went to the LAPD, FBI and media outlets to try to get his story heard, but it fell on deaf ears. Herman and Michael held a press conference on April 17, where Michael announced he had been sexually abused by Singer at age 17. The suit includes allegations of rape, other physical force including use of a gun and forced intoxication with cocaine.

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

"X-Men" Director Bryan Singer Accused of Sexual Abuse with a 17 Yr Old Boy

Newsflash from your Hollywood Attorney:

Bryan Singer, director of "The Usual Suspects" and four movies in the "X-Men" series of films, has been accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy in 1999 as part of a federal lawsuit filed in Hawaii Wednesday.

The plaintiff in the lawsuit was named as Michael F. Egan III, a resident of Nevada. The lawsuit alleges that Singer "manipulated his power, wealth, and position in the entertainment industry to sexually abuse and exploit the underage Plaintiff through the use of drugs, alcohol, threats, and inducements." The lawsuit further alleges that Singer was part of a group of powerful men in the entertainment industry who "maintained and exploited boys in a sordid sex ring."

Singer's attorney, Marty Singer, called the lawsuit "absurd and defamatory," adding that it was obvious that this case was filed in an attempt to get publicity at the time when Bryan's new movie is about to open in a few weeks." The Singer-directed 'X-Men: Days of Future Past," is due to be released May 23.

"Hollywood has a problem with the sexual exploitation of children," Egan's attorney, Jeff Herman, told The Hollywood Reporter. "This is the first of many cases I will be filing to give these victims a voice and to expose the issue."

The lawsuit claims that Egan grew up in the Midwest and moved to Los Angeles in his early teens. Through a classmate's older brother, the complaint alleges, Egan met Marc Collins-Rector, then the chair of an Internet start-up known as the Digital Entertainment Network. Singer was an investor in the start-up, and the suit claims that the two men, along with other Digital Entertainment Network investors, would lure young men to a house in Encino known as the M&C Estate before plying them with drink and drugs and sexually assaulting them. The suit alleges that the parties were "well-known and notorious among many men in the Hollywood entertainment industry."

The suit details one encounter in which Egan claims Singer asked Egan to perform oral sex on him by the Encino estate's pool. When Egan refused, Singer pushed his head underwater before sexually assaulting him.

Egan's suit claims that he was flown to an estate in Kailua, Hawaii where Singer forced him to take cocaine before sexually assaulting him. The complaint alleges that the assaults and threats were also combined with promises from Singer to find Egan work in his films.

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