Bryan Singer Accuser Drops One Of His Sex Abuse Lawsuits

Michael F. Egan & Jerry Herman

Following the allegations that Bryan Singer had raped and sexually abused Michael Egan when the young man was underage in the late 90s, Egan launched three more lawsuits alleging sex abuse against TV exec Garth Ancier, former Disney TV president David Neuman and Broadway producer Gary Goddard.

Now Egan and his lawyer, Jerry Herman, have voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit again Neuman. No reasons have been given for the decision, but it follows Neuman’s motion last month for dismissal of the suit against him, which included Egan’s testimony from a previous 2003 sex abuse suit (against other people) that Neuman “never acted improperly around me or toward me,” and that he had not been present when Egan was involved in anything sexual.

That earlier testimony under oath would have made it extremely difficult to get a conviction and may have ended up being prejudicial to the other cases.

Neuman’s lawyer, Patricia Glaser, commented, “This evening the completely unfounded and 100% false charges against our client David A. Neuman, were dismissed. Today’s news affirms to everyone that David Neuman’s fine reputation deserves to stand strong and was attacked with no merit.

‘In as much as we celebrate the truth this evening, we will hold accountable those who wrongly created the hurt and damage by making outrageous, untruthful assertions that cannot be undone. We question seriously the underlying prejudices and motives in targeting David Neuman with this groundless and defamatory action.

‘Today’s dismissal exposes this despicable lawsuit for what it really was:  an unethical smearing and failed shakedown of a completely innocent man.’

As things stand the other lawsuits are still in progress, although all the accused men have filed motions to have the suits dismissed, which will be heard by a judge in Hawaii (where the lawsuit were filed due to an extension of the statute of limitations there) on July 28th.