The set of X-Men
<b>Last</b> October, the director of the X-Men series, Brian Singer, posted on Instagram that Esquire magazine would publish a new article about his "sexual assault scandal" that would be false and "reckless and irresponsible" about his allegations.
Today, however, it is not Esquire but The Atlantic, which details the <b>allegations of four men</b> against Singer, <b>who sexually assaulted them when they were minors</b>. The report began by pointing out that the magazine had conducted a related investigation, and The Atlantic said that <b>it had been in contact with more than 50 sources, and it took more than 12 months to investigate</b>, and the final result was that 4 men who had never talked about it before came forward.
Singh had said on Instagram that Esquire would publish an article attacking him, but it was Atlantic Monthly that eventually released the story.
One of the men said he was just 17 when he and Singh had sex at the director's house, and the other was 15 when he made out with Singh at his mansion in Beverly Hills. Both of these events happened in the same year, when Singer was in his early 30s (he was born in 1965 and was probably in his early 30s around the end of the '90s). The two said the director knew they were both minors, and in California, the legal age for sex was 18, even if voluntarily.
The most devastating story in the report is what happened to a 13-year-old boy who was with Singer on the set of his film Nazi Pursuit. The man said Singer recruited him from near the film's location, when he was asked to run a dragon suit and needed to shoot a scene of bathing naked on campus. On set, the actor said that Singer would come to his private area while waiting, touch his chest several times, and said that Singer touched his lower body and rubbed his own XX on him.
The set of "Nazi Pursuit"
Singer denied the allegations, "The last time I wrote about it, it was Esquire, a homophobic journalist who has been pestering me since 1997. After carefully checking the facts, and due to the lack of credibility of the source, Esquire chose not to publish this revenge story. The author then sold the story to The Atlantic, which was so low in journalistic ethics that it was sad.
I was forced to re-state that these were all made up by people who lied for money, that "Bohemian Rhapsody" became a big hit during the awards season, and <b>that these homophobic remarks were meant to discredit the film</b>. ”
Bohemian Rhapsody
His last work, "Bohemian Rhapsody," had just been nominated for an Oscar for "Best Picture" and won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Picture in a Drama Series." However, Foss's dismissal of Singer had nothing to do with these allegations, but because he "left his job without permission" on the set of the film, and had a dispute with the creator.
Unlike Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and Kevin Spacey, Singh has so far faced no legal prosecution. He recently signed a contract to direct the new film "Queen Excalibur", and the salary is said to be $10 million. Whether the atlantic's new report will further affect Singh's career, let's wait for follow-up reports.