'X-Men' Director Bryan Singer Accused of Sexually Abusing an Underaged Boy

Bryan Singer, the director in charge of all the recent X-Men films -- with the exception of that one that shall not be named -- has been slapped with a lawsuit in which he's been accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy.

The lawsuit alleges that the victim was preyed upon at a party in California by the director, who gave him drugs and alcohol and took advantage of him.

The accuser, Michael Egan III (who is now in his 30s) said he was forcibly sodomized by Singer in the late 1990s.

Egan said the incidents occurred until he was 17, with the director promising the boy a role in one of his films.

According to the suit:

Defendant Singer provided an alcoholic beverage to Plaintiff and mentioned finding a role for him in an upcoming movie that he was directing. Defendant Singer told Plaintiff how "this group" controls Hollywood, and that he was sexy. Defendant Singer masturbated Plaintiff and then performed oral sex upon him. Defendant Singer solicited Plaintiff to perform oral sex upon him which Plaintiff resisted. Defendant Singer flagrantly disregarded Plaintiff's unwillingness to submit, and forced Plaintiff's head underwater to make Plaintiff perform oral sex upon him. When Plaintiff pulled his head out of the water in order to breathe, Defendant Singer demanded that he continue which Plaintiff refused. Defendant Singer then forced Plaintiff to continue performing oral sex upon him outside of the pool, and subsequently forcibly sodomized Plaintiff.

Said a lawyer for Singer, "it is obvious that this case was filed in an attempt to get publicity," referencing that X-Men: Days of Future Past is being released next month.

"The claims made against Bryan Singer are completely without merit. We are very confident that Bryan will be vindicated in this absurd and defamatory lawsuit."

Interestingly enough, Egan's lawyer is also the same man who represented five men claiming they were abused by Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash.