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Bryan Singer sex abuse allegations

An update...

A former child model accusing "X-Men" director Bryan Singer of sex abuse in Hawaii said he wants to dismiss the lawsuit — not because it lacks merit but because he can't find a new attorney to represent him.

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Egan's former attorneys asked to be removed from the case after their relationship with him deteriorated.
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Huh. I guess it's not such a slam dunk case.

I like how Singer's attorney's are pressing the issue to go to trial or have it dismissed with prejudice. AND go after attorney's fees.
 
The plaintiff was paying his legal fees with blowjobs?

The problem with that, is that every blow job (from the same person) is worth less than the last until they're literally valueless.
 
Flying Spaghetti Monster said:
allegations dropped
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Out of the proverbial frying pan...

NYPD investigating Singer for sexual assault: The complaint was filed with the NYPD on May 9, 2014, after Singer allegedly forced the man into a sexual act against his will on March 23, 2013, according to sources.

No charges have been filed, but the case is ongoing.

The fact the alleged victim waited over a year to file a complaint is suspicious but not unheard of in sexual assault cases (see, eg, cases against some Catholic Priests). Makes the case a lot harder to prove, however. I'd be surprised if he get charged, let alone convicted, unless there's some corroborating evidence.
 
So the first rape victim waited 14 years so that he could ruin the latest X-Men Movie, but this new rape victim waited a year so that the box office for the new X-Men Movie wouldn't be effected.

That's just weird.
 
the G-man said:
Flying Spaghetti Monster said:
allegations dropped
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Out of the proverbial frying pan...

NYPD investigating Singer for sexual assault: The complaint was filed with the NYPD on May 9, 2014, after Singer allegedly forced the man into a sexual act against his will on March 23, 2013, according to sources.

No charges have been filed, but the case is ongoing.

The fact the alleged victim waited over a year to file a complaint is suspicious but not unheard of in sexual assault cases (see, eg, cases against some Catholic Priests). Makes the case a lot harder to prove, however. I'd be surprised if he get charged, let alone convicted, unless there's some corroborating evidence.
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Man, I don't even know what the truth is for sure, despite having an opinion that he seems innocent, but you sooooo desperately seem to want it to be true. It's pretty distasteful. Linking to a case that's gone nowhere in almost four months from a Murdoch tabloid is a classy move.

But at least you didn't make any implications about gays this time, so good on you, I guess.
 
the G-man said:
I'd be surprised if he get charged, let alone convicted, unless there's some corroborating evidence.
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Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but isn't that pretty much assumed? The plaintiff usually has to give a little more than "He did it, I promise." Especially as it has been filed as a criminal complaint this time, as opposed to the previous civil ones.
 
Tosk said:
the G-man said:
I'd be surprised if he get charged, let alone convicted, unless there's some corroborating evidence.
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Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but isn't that pretty much assumed? The plaintiff usually has to give a little more than "He did it, I promise." Especially as it has been filed as a criminal complaint this time, as opposed to the previous civil ones.
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Yeah, that is pretty much my point. While it is technically possible to charge someone on nothing more than a sworn complaint, it isn't likely. I doubt there's any other evidence there and I doubt Singer is going to be charged.

And, you're right, that should go without saying but if I hadn't said it, some other overly sensitive poster would probably claim I was assuming the allegation was true, when I wasn't.

In fact:

Locutus of Bored said:
you sooooo desperately seem to want it to be true.
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Considering I wrote that the complainant's actions were suspicious and that I doubted Singer would be charged, I'm not sure what gave you the impression that I wanted this to be true.

Locutus of Bored said:
It's pretty distasteful. Linking to a case that's gone nowhere in almost four months from a Murdoch tabloid...
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Also reported in the Pulitizer Prize winning NY Daily News which, while ostensibly also a tabloid, is owned by the center-left leaning, and well-respected Mort Zuckerman.

I might also note that both papers reported the story today, not four months ago.

Sorry I wasn't able to travel back in time after reading the stories today and write about them earlier. :rolleyes:
 
Do you have search alerts set up or something - so you can be ever alert to these sorts of things?
 
the G-man said:
Also reported in the Pulitizer Prize winning NY Daily News which, while ostensibly also a tabloid, is owned by the center-left leaning, and well-respected Mort Zuckerman.
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The last time the NY Daily News was awarded a Pulitzer itself, and not an award to an individual, was in 1956, for Photography.

Its last award for Investigative Reporting was also to an individual, in 1974.

Zuckerman gained control in 1993. Since then, at least another 3 awards have been to individuals, not the paper itself, for Commentary and Editorial Writing, in 1996, 1998, and 2007.

So actually, the NY Daily News can claim an award, but in photography, not reporting, and not under Zuckerman's watch.

Note: This can all be verified through the Pulitzer's own site. I did have references, but connection failure caused me to lose everything and I didn't want to spend another 30 minutes typing it all again. I've already spent 15 minutes editing this post with what I recalled from memory.
 
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JoeZhang said:
Do you have search alerts set up or something - so you can be ever alert to these sorts of things?
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Nope. If I did I would have been happy to be the first to post that the lawsuit was dropped.

Melakon said:
The last time the NY Daily News was awarded a Pulitzer itself, and not an award to an individual, was in 1956....
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Fair enough, but that still doesn't address the fact that its publisher/owner is a well respective, center left, mogul in his own right.
 
Who owns the paper means squat if it doesn't bear out in the final product. The Daily News, as published today, is an absolute joke.
 
the G-man said:
there's been a certain amount of chatter recently, including from some former child actors, about there being a tolerance in Hollywood for sexually abusing young people. Whether or not Singer has been a beneficiary of that tolerance remains to be seen. In the more general sense, however, one wonders if the industry shouldn't be looked at more carefully.
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Welp...This thread aged better than I ever would have believed.
 
The last time we dealt with this kind of situation, it was unequivocally proven that the accusations were false and the suit was spurious, but we'll see what happens this time.
 
DigificWriter said:
The last time we dealt with this kind of situation, it was unequivocally proven that the accusations were false and the suit was spurious, but we'll see what happens this time.
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The accusations against Singer appear to keep coming again and again. If this happened only once you could say someone was just looking for money. But now it looks like the smoke does indicate a fire. The last time around he deflected with "outing" himself as bi and marrying a woman. We'll see what kind of shield he'll pull up this time.
 
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