{"id":25310,"date":"2019-06-13T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/bohemian-rhapsodys-bryan-singer-to-pay-150000-to-settle-rape-allegation\/"},"modified":"2019-06-13T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:22:10","slug":"bohemian-rhapsodys-bryan-singer-to-pay-150000-to-settle-rape-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/bohemian-rhapsodys-bryan-singer-to-pay-150000-to-settle-rape-allegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bohemian Rhapsody&#8217;s Bryan Singer To Pay $150,000 To Settle Rape Allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"46.234718826406\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2017114\/rs_634x1024-171204145354-634-bryan-singer-12417.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Bryan Singer \" alt=\"Bryan Singer \"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Jason LaVeris\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"32.807980049875\">\n<p><strong>UPDATE:&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em>&nbsp;director&nbsp;<strong>Bryan Singer&nbsp;<\/strong>will pay $150,000 to settle a rape accusation,&nbsp;according to documents obtained by E! News. Singer still denies any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bryan Singer is facing a lawsuit for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>In court documents obtained by E! News, <strong>Cesar Sanchez-Guzman<\/strong> alleges that the Hollywood director invited him to a party on a yacht where he offered to give a tour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During this tour, Bryan Singer lured Cesar into a room, shut the door and demanded that Cesar perform oral sex,&#8221; Cesar&#8217;s lawyers allege in documents. &#8220;When Plaintiff refused, Bryan Singer forced him into acts of oral and anal sex.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Bryan allegedly told Cesar that he was a producer in Hollywood and that he could help the teenager get into acting &#8220;as long as Cesar never said anything about the incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cesar&#8217;s team claims that their client experienced shame, humiliation and mental injuries following the incident. A rep for Bryan, however, denies all the allegations made in the new lawsuit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bryan categorically denies these allegations and will vehemently defend this lawsuit to the very end,&#8221; his rep said in a statement to <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/film\/news\/bryan-singer-cesar-sanchez-guzman-1202633573\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61.940028901734\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"16.582369942197\">\n<p>The statement says that the suit was&nbsp;filed by the same lawyer who represented <strong>Michael Egan<\/strong>. Several years ago, he accused Bryan and others of sexual misconduct, only to withdraw the claims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Notwithstanding his track record, this same lawyer is coming after Bryan again,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;We are confident that this case will turn out the same way the Egan case did. And once Bryan prevails, he will pursue his own claims for malicious prosecution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit comes after Bryan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/898042\/bryan-singer-fired-from-directing-queen-biopic-bohemian-rhapsody\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was fired<\/a> from 20th Century Fox&#8217;s upcoming <strong>Queen<\/strong> biopic titled <em>Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em> for unrelated reasons. In a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2017\/12\/bryan-singer-fired-freddie-mercury-rami-malek-queen-movie-1202218722\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a>, the Hollywood vet tried to set the record straight on his sudden departure.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"63.112059765208\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"17.750266808965\">\n<p>&#8220;With fewer than three weeks to shoot remaining, I asked Fox for some time off so I could return to the U.S. to deal with pressing health matters concerning one of my parents. This was a very taxing experience, which ultimately took a serious toll on my own health. Unfortunately, the studio was unwilling to accommodate me and terminated my services. This was not my decision and it was beyond my control,&#8221; his statement read. &#8220;Rumors that my unexpected departure from the film was sparked by a dispute I had with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/rami_malek\">Rami Malek<\/a><\/strong> are not true\u2026I wanted nothing more than to be able to finish this project and help honor the legacy of <strong>Freddie Mercury<\/strong> and Queen, but Fox would not permit me to do so because I needed to temporarily put my health, and the health of my loved ones, first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bryan also served as a director for the <em>X-Men<\/em> franchise and producer for shows like <em>House<\/em>, <em>Legion<\/em> and <em>Battle Creek<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2017\/12\/07\/bryan-singer-lawsuit-sexual-assault-boy-yacht-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMZ<\/a> was first to report the lawsuit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4\">\n<p><em>(This story was originally published Friday,&nbsp;December&nbsp;8, 2017 at 4:38 a.m. PST)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/898906\/bryan-singer-denies-sexually-assaulting-17-year-old-boy?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason LaVeris\/FilmMagic UPDATE:&nbsp;Bohemian Rhapsody&nbsp;director&nbsp;Bryan Singer&nbsp;will pay $150,000 to settle a rape accusation,&nbsp;according to documents obtained by E! News. Singer still denies any wrongdoing. ______ Bryan Singer is facing a lawsuit for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy in 2003. In court documents obtained by E! News, Cesar Sanchez-Guzman alleges that the Hollywood director invited him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 22:51:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}