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May 23, 2014 03:11 am GMT

X-Men Director Wants His Sex Abuse Case Dismissed

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On the eve of the launch of X-Men: Days of Future Past, the movie's director Bryan Singer seems to have caught a break in the sexual abuse lawsuit brought against him

Singer has fresh evidence that Michael Egan — who claims that Singer and others sexually abused him as a teen — were even in the state the attacks were alleged to have taken place, Hawaii.

The acclaimed director, whose latest entry in the X-Men franchise opens worldwide Friday, filed a motion for dismissal Wednesday night in Hawaii federal court, citing lack of jurisdiction. He says Egan has no grounds to sue him there, citing his accuser’s 2003 deposition stating the two were never together in the state, where Egan now says he was abused as a teen in 1999. Read more...

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