Marty Singer, who represents troubled director Bryan Singer from claims made by a former actor wannabe that he was raped and sexually abused by the filmmaker attempted to chip away Michael Egan's allegations that the defendant attended sex parties in Hawaii in 1999. Egan has claimed in his lawsuit filed last week that Singer had abused him in such parties, said The Hollywood Reporter.
Singer, who has no relation with the director, said the purported witnesses Egan has that would place the filmmaker at the sex parties were liars. He told THR, "Any person who claims to be a witness to Bryan Singer being in Hawaii with Michael Egan is a bold-face liar. My client was never with Mr. Egan in Hawaii during the time period alleged or at any other time. We have documentary evidence that proves Bryan wasn't there. Documents don't lie, people lie."
Singer argued on Friday that he has in possession credit card receipts, production schedules and phone records that would place his client out of Hawaii and in Toronto working on his first "X-Men" movie. The attorney said that Singer will not take a break in the middle of his first studio film when he's supposed to shoot and prep for the film. He challenged Egan's witnesses with witnesses of their own, who will place the director at the set of his movie.
"There are very significant consequences when people lie under oath. Perjury is a crime. I can guarantee that if these anonymous witnesses ever come forward and are willing to testify under oath that I will prove them to be liars," Singer added, indicating that the filmmaker's camp will not back down without a fight.
THR said that upon reviewing the lawsuits earlier filed by Egan solely and with other co-plaintiffs, there are several things that Singer said were amiss. One was the difference of the lawsuits filed in 2000 and 2014. Moreover, Singer pointed out that the 2000 lawsuit, despite showing similarities to the accusations, failed to name his client as the defendant.
