Michael Egan, the man suing X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer on sexual abuse claims, has voluntarily dismissed a similar lawsuit against a former Disney TV executive he also claimed abused him.
David Neuman, the former president of Disney TV, was named in a lawsuit Egan filed in April as one of three other Hollywood executives he claimed abused him as a teen. Neuman called the claims false and filed a motion to have the suit dismissed.
Egan claimed that Neuman had abused him in 1999 in Hawaii. But, as The Hollywood Reporter points out, Neuman included a 2003 deposition from Egan in his motion to dismiss. In that deposition, Egan claimed that he never had any contact with Neuman, adding that Neuman “never acted improperly” with Egan.
Despite those damaging remarks to his own case, Variety notes that there was no specific reason given by Egan’s attorneys for pulling the suit. It was dismissed in Hawaii federal court.
“This evening the completely unfounded and 100 percent false charges against our client David A. Neuman, were dismissed,” Neuman’s counsel, Patricia Glaser, told THR. “Today’s news affirms to everyone that David Neuman’s fine reputation deserves to stand strong and was attacked with no merit.”
Egan’s lawsuits against Singer, Gary Goddard and Garth Ancier are still ongoing. Singer has called Egan’s claims false as well.
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