--- description: The director will forgo the press tour before the 'X-Men' premiere title: X-Men Director Bryan Singer Denies Sexual Abuse Claims image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _X-Men_ Director Bryan Singer Denies Sexual Abuse Claims  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 24, 2014 8:06 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 24, 2014 8:06 PM CUT After days of silence, director Bryan Singer [denied](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bryan-singer-breaks-silence-abuse-698754?utm%5Fsource=Sailthru&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=hollywoodreporter%5Fbreakingnews&utm%5Fcampaign=THR%20Breaking%20News%5Fnow%5F2014-04-24%2012%3A23%3A40%5Frford "undefined") Thursday allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage boy, according to the _Hollywood Reporter_. Singer was accused in court papers filed April 16 of sexually abusing a teenage boy between the years of 1998 and 1999 in California and Hawaii. The plaintiff, Michael F. Egan III, claims the director coerced him into sexual acts by promising him a part in a Marvel Comics’ _X-Men_ films. Singer, whose newest movie, _X-Men: Days of Future Past,_ hits theater on May 23, released the following statement: --- > “” --- Singer’s lawyer denied the claims when they were first filed. “It is obvious that this case was filed in an attempt to get publicity at the time when Bryan’s new movie is about to open in a few weeks,” said Singer’s attorney. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bryan-singer-breaks-silence-abuse-698754?utm%5Fsource=Sailthru&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=hollywoodreporter%5Fbreakingnews&utm%5Fcampaign=THR%20Breaking%20News%5Fnow%5F2014-04-24%2012%3A23%3A40%5Frford "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/76485/bryan-singer-sexual-abuse-claims/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/76485/bryan-singer-sexual-abuse-claims/"},"headline":"X-Men Director Bryan Singer Denies Sexual Abuse Claims","datePublished":"2014-04-24T20:06:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:29:38.696Z","description":"Bryan Singer calls accusations he coerced a teenage boy into sexual acts between 1998 and 1999 in California and Hawaii, by promising him a part in an X-Men film, \"outrageous, vicious and completely false.\" Singer will forgo the press tour before the X-Men premiere","url":"https://time.com/76485/bryan-singer-sexual-abuse-claims/","keywords":["celebrities","movies","X-Men"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/76485/bryan-singer-sexual-abuse-claims/","name":"X-Men Director Bryan Singer Denies Sexual Abuse Claims"}}]}] ```