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[Slayven]

Singer started tweeting again recently. Beat the rap?!

More like a briefcase full of shut the fuck up starring Ben Franklin got delivered. Just my theory

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

http://www.thewrap.com/collapse-of-hollywood-sex-abuse-cases-raise-questions-about-ethics-legality/

The abrupt collapse of sex abuse cases against three Hollywood executives is raising questions about ethics and law by seasoned media observers and representatives for the defendants, who are crying foul.

“It's a disgusting abuse of my client,” said Patty Glaser, lawyer for former Disney executive David Neuman, in an interview with TheWrap. “I can't speak for anybody else. I know our facts, I don't know the other facts. And this is a disgusting violation of my client's rights. ”

Lawsuits against former NBC executive Garth Ancier, former Disney executive David Neuman and Broadway producer Gary Goddard were dismissed in the past few weeks, but only after a nationwide discussion about their participating in alleged serial rape at wild Hollywood parties in the gay community that made them headline news all over the country.

The allegations were horrific: that Singer had serially raped a teenaged Egan while the young man was still a minor, promising him roles in his movies. And it was followed by lawsuits against the former Hollywood and Broadway executives.

Singer filed a motion Thursday to dismiss the sex abuse case posted against him in Los Angeles. Singer is also seeking a summary judgment following a prior request for a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him in Hawaii over similar allegations.

From the start the flimsiness of the evidence in the Hawaii cases was disturbing to many, but so were the accusations which, if true, suggested a cabal of gay producers and movie executives preying on innocent teen boys.

“The notion of what he's proposing — a gay Hollywood sex ring that trafficked in rape of minors, is a homophobic fantasy,” said Herndon Graddick, the former president of GLAAD and a longtime friend of Neuman, in an interview with TheWrap.

“This is the oldest homophobic trope in the book, that gay people tolerate abuse of minors,” he said. “I can't believe there has ever been a group of gay men in Hollywood standing around watching children be raped. I find that absolutely ludicrous.”

Egan accused Singer and others of sexual abuse in Hawaii in August and October of 1999.

But in a sworn deposition dated 2003 related to a similar earlier case, Egan said that he'd never been to Hawaii, or even outside of the continental United States. Singer's representation provided evidence that Singer had not been to Hawaii in 1999, either. Because of that, they now allege that Egan no longer has a case with merit.

Much more at the link. I thought this was interesting, given the kind of replies this thread was filled with upon the initial accusations.

 

[mre]

http://www.thewrap.com/collapse-of-hollywood-sex-abuse-cases-raise-questions-about-ethics-legality/

To be fair, I think people would be just as willing to accept that there exists a ring of men in Hollywood praying on underage women.

 

[AuthenticM]

Much more at the link. I thought this was interesting, given the kind of replies this thread was filled with upon the initial accusations.

Yeah, we'll see how it turns out. He's still innocent until proven otherwise.