'X-Men' director Bryan Singer has filed a motion to dismiss a case brought by Michael Egan alleging sex abuse by the filmmaker in his teens.
Egan, in his lawsuit on April 15, claimed that the director abused him in Hawaii in 1999.
In his motion, Singer cites Egan's own 2003 sword deposition during which he states that he had never been to Hawaii. That deposition was in relation to a 2000 suit that also alleged sexual abuse around the same time, though with different defendants, reported the Wrap.
In a sworn statement, Singer indicates that he was in Canada filming 'X-Men' in 1999 from August to October, save for a trip to California for business and another to New England to visit family. This is the same time that the alleged abuse in Hawaii was to have taken place.
Singer further alleges in the dismissal filing that the timing of Egan's 2014 case, shortly before the release of his latest 'X-Men' film, was an attempt "to maximise public attention on the eve of the picture's release."
Other than Singer, Egan has filed separate lawsuits against Gary Goddard, David Neuman and Garth Ancier for alleged sexual abuse during the same time period.
