Michael Egan, the man who accused Bryan Singer (the director of X-Men: Days of Future Past) of sexual abuse, has served with a a malicious prosecution lawsuit by Garth Ancier, a former TV executive and one of the defendants in Egan’s original case.
According to The Holywood Reporter, Ancier has stated that Egan has been avoiding process servers and investigators for weeks, but was finally cornered in the men’s room of a Las Vegas casino. By cornering Egan, Ancier can move forward with his case: as The Holywood Reporter explains, Ancier can only move forward with a filed case if Egan was served a copy of the filed action.
For the uninformed of recent events, Egan’s accusations of being sexually abused as a teen at parties in Hawaii and Los Angeles in 1997 to 199 fell apart when sworn statements from Egan in 2003 came to light. The 2003 statements claimed that Egan had not only never been to Hawaii, but had never been sexually abused in Los Angeles. There was also a signed statement that stated that Egan had never had sexual contact with David Neuman, whom Egan accused alongside Gary Goddard, Singer, and Ancier.
These statements, combined with the defendant’s receipts from the time of question that showed that they were not in Hawaii at the time, caused Egan to withdraw his cases.
As we reported five days ago, Egan’s lawyer, Jeff Herman, confirmed that he was dropping Egan as a client. While he refused to add any future comment on the manner, Egan’s constant backpedaling and failed cases is most likely too much for the lawyer to handle. Egan also refused to accept Singer’s $100,000 settlement of the case, thus bringing the accusations to court.
It is currently unknown when the trial would be, or what Egan’s punishment, if convicted, would be.
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