Michael Egan dropped his case against Neuman, a former Disney executive. Whether Egan will continue to pursue lawsuits against Singer and two other Hollywood executives remains unclear.
Michael Egan, a former actor who recently filed sexual assault civil complaints against X-Men director Bryan Singer and three other Hollywood executives, dropped charges against former Disney executive David Neuman on Wednesday.
Egan had filed lawsuits against Singer, Neuman, and two other Hollywood executives in a Hawaii civil court in April. The former actor alleged that the entertainment moguls had sexually abused him in 1999, when he was underage — a charge that all defendants have disputed with motions to dismiss the lawsuit.
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Egan's voluntary dismissal of the charges comes after BuzzFeed and other outlets uncovered a number of contradictions between his current complaints and testimony he gave for a similar sexual assault lawsuit filed in California in 2000. Egan did not name Singer or Neuman in his original sexual assault lawsuit, instead filing against registered sex-offender Marc Collins-Rector and two of his business partners.
Egan's dismissal comes "with prejudice," which means that the plaintiff may bring charges against Neuman again the future. According to the Hollywood Reporter , it did not appear that Egan had collected any money from Neuman or any other defendant in the recent lawsuits.
Jeff Herman, Egan's attorney in the 2014 lawsuits, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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