Bryan Singer Accuser Files New Sexual Assault Lawsuit

The complaint alleges that an unnamed executive at early internet firm Digital Entertainment Network repeatedly raped Egan when he was underage.

Michael Egan

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Michael Egan, the man who in April accused director Bryan Singer and other Hollywood executives of sexual abuse, filed a similar complaint on Tuesday against an anonymous defendant.

The complaint, which was logged in the Central District of California, alleges that an unnamed executive at early internet firm Digital Entertainment Network repeatedly raped Egan when he was underage.

Egan had previously filed sexual assault lawsuits against four people who were either investors or board members at DEN, including Singer and former Disney executive David Neuman.

Singer and the other named defendants have all denied all allegations and filed motions to have the lawsuits dismissed. Egan's counsel has since voluntarily dismissed the complaint against Neuman, but kept a prerogative to bring charges against him again in the future.

The complaint identifies the assailant only as "the President of DEN." Neuman once had that title.

In 2000, Egan also filed a similar lawsuit against three members of DEN's board, Marc Collins-Rector, Chad Shackley, and Brock Pierce. Collins-Rector was eventually found guilty of transporting minors across state lines in a separate criminal case filed in New Jersey. Charges against Pierce were eventually dropped.

In sworn testimony from that lawsuit, Egan stated that Neuman had never abused him. Tuesday's complaint states that Egan signed that testimony under duress after Pierce and the anonymous defendant threatened to harm him and his family. The recent lawsuit also states that Egan was able to face his assault only after therapy.

Pierce did not immediately have comment on the recent allegations.

"Through trauma therapy and quitting alcohol abuse," the complaint reads, "Plaintiff challenged his maladaptive defense mechanisms. This allowed Plaintiff to finally recognize the childhood sexual abuse by Defendant DOE and how it contributed to the severe psychological and emotional injuries for which he was suffering."

Jeff Herman, Egan's attorney, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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