'X-Men' director hit by sex abuse lawsuit weeks before premiere

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'X-Men' director hit by sex abuse lawsuit weeks before premiere

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/x-men-director-hit-sex-abuse-lawsuit-weeks-004905476--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QDZKMI1wb7ZK3cmIxv357Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-17T234229Z_1_CBREA3G1TV800_RTROPTP_2_USA-SINGER-ABUSE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Plaintiff Michael Egan attends a news conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, California" align="left" title="Plaintiff Michael Egan attends a news conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, California" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman and Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man who has sued filmmaker Bryan Singer, the director of the upcoming blockbuster action film &quot;X-Men: Days of Future Past,&quot; for allegedly raping him as a teenager said on Thursday that his claims of sexual abuse went unheeded by authorities. Michael Egan, 31, who was an aspiring teen actor, said he and his mother told the Los Angeles Police Department and the FBI in late 1999 and 2000 that Egan was being abused by an underage sex ring. &quot;What happened was basically it fell on deaf ears,&quot; Egan said a news conference seated next to his attorney, Jeff Herman. &quot;We didn't get anywhere and then I basically buried it in me as deep as I possibly could.&quot; Herman filed a civil lawsuit on Wednesday in federal court in Hawaii, alleging that Singer, 48, used his influence as a Hollywood insider as well as a range of drugs and alcohol to force anal and oral sex on Egan while promising him film roles.</p><br clear="all"/>

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