A decade-old deposition given by Michael Egan again appears to have damaged his sexual abuse lawsuits against Bryan Singer and other prominent Hollywood figures.
In 2003, under penalty of perjury, Egan stated that David Neuman, one of the men cited in the suits filed last month, never touched him, reports the Hollywood Reporter.
“I have never had any kind of physical contact with David Neuman other than what is normal and appropriate between non-sexual acquaintances,” Egan said in the declaration. “Up until this last month [December 2003], I have only had incidental social contact with David Neuman, which involved primarily the exchange of polite greetings and small talk. … [Neuman] never acted improperly around me or toward me, on a personal or professional level. … David Neuman has always acted appropriately toward me.”
A copy of the document has been included in a motion to dismiss the case filed by the former television exec’s attorney in Hawaii on Thursday.
This is the second inconsistency stemming from the 2003 deposition.
Earlier this week, Buzzfeed revealed that Egan also said he’d never left the continental United States as of 2003, which calls into question claims that incidents of abuse by Singer and the other men, including Neuman, occurred in Hawaii in 1999.
The deposition was part of an earlier lawsuit brought against Marc Collins-Rector, Brock Pierce and Chad Shackley by Egan and four co-plaintiffs. Singer was not named in that suit.
In April, Egan filed a lawsuit accusing the “X-Men: Days of Future Past” director of sexually abusing him in Encino, Calif., and Hawaii when Egan was just a teenager. A week later, he filed more suits accusing Neuman, former Fox television executive Garth Ancier and theater producer Gary Wayne Goddard of molesting him.