'X-Men' director calls sex-abuse suit a shakedown

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'X-Men' director calls sex-abuse suit a shakedown

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/x-men-director-calls-sex-abuse-suit-shakedown-210621662.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e_8b826Hj.Arw1O8RRd2og--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c86cda8b11ea4c10520f6a706700af2b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Thursday, April 17, 2014 file photo, plaintiff Michael Egan III takes questions from the media during a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. A sex abuse lawsuit by Egan, a former child model and aspiring actor accuses &quot;X-Men&quot; franchise director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him as a teenager in a federal lawsuit filed in Hawaii. Singer released a statement on Thursday, April 24, 2014, calling allegations by Egan that he sexually assaulted the underage aspiring actor and model in Hawaii in 1999 &quot;outrageous, vicious and completely false.&quot; (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Thursday, April 17, 2014 file photo, plaintiff Michael Egan III takes questions from the media during a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. A sex abuse lawsuit by Egan, a former child model and aspiring actor accuses &quot;X-Men&quot; franchise director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him as a teenager in a federal lawsuit filed in Hawaii. Singer released a statement on Thursday, April 24, 2014, calling allegations by Egan that he sexually assaulted the underage aspiring actor and model in Hawaii in 1999 &quot;outrageous, vicious and completely false.&quot; (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" The director of the upcoming &quot;X-Men&quot; film has denied allegations contained in a lawsuit that he raped an aspiring actor and model in 1999 and called the claims a shakedown.</p><br clear="all"/>

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