1999,
X-Men
[$6B franchise]
transformed
Bryan Singer,
then 34,
N2 rare double threat:
auteur who could make
mountains of money 4 a studio
+
reputation 4 costly absences
as he partied w
ever-changing inner circle.
Where& #39;s Kevin Spacey?
Murder any1 else? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
X-Men
[$6B franchise]
transformed
Bryan Singer,
then 34,
N2 rare double threat:
auteur who could make
mountains of money 4 a studio
+
reputation 4 costly absences
as he partied w
ever-changing inner circle.
Where& #39;s Kevin Spacey?
Murder any1 else? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
"Considering public allegations Singer has faced — namely, multiple minors have accused him of various forms of sexual misdeeds including rape. (Singer has denied all allegations of abuse + misconduct.)"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
"It& #39;s critical when analyzing Bryan Singer& #39;s body of work that we center the experiences and trauma faced by his victims and put their continued well-being first," says GLAAD& #39;s Mathew Lasky.
BTS, crises raged, incl drug use, tantrums + writers& #39; feud.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
BTS, crises raged, incl drug use, tantrums + writers& #39; feud.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
"1 of the film& #39;s actors filed civil suit 4 mos after production wrapped, claiming he was raped by 3 of Singer& #39;s friends + business associates."
Can& #39;t begin w the producer& #39;s white-washing.
Hollywood Sux.
Cesspool of Insecurities
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
Can& #39;t begin w the producer& #39;s white-washing.
Hollywood Sux.
Cesspool of Insecurities
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
Bryan Singer
attached 2 direct
X-Men
July 1996.
4-15-97
2 boys; 14 & 17
filed civil lawsuit
claiming they were ordered
2 strip naked 4 Apt Pupil scene.
2 others w allegations.
1 said he would b fired
if he refused 2 perform naked.
Suits *settled ==> NDA
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
attached 2 direct
X-Men
July 1996.
4-15-97
2 boys; 14 & 17
filed civil lawsuit
claiming they were ordered
2 strip naked 4 Apt Pupil scene.
2 others w allegations.
1 said he would b fired
if he refused 2 perform naked.
Suits *settled ==> NDA
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
"But Fox didn& #39;t blink,
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by summer 1998,
X-Men was greenlit
w $75M budget."
"Bryan would bring people
2 story mtgs
who weren& #39;t involved in movies.
Young guys.
A different person every time."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
by summer 1998,
X-Men was greenlit
w $75M budget."
"Bryan would bring people
2 story mtgs
who weren& #39;t involved in movies.
Young guys.
A different person every time."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
"David, the Phone Guy"
Bryan Singer& #39;s
phone-answering | $500/wk asst,
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took credit 4 writing X-Men.
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"Just sit there, take notes,
don& #39;t say anything +
don& #39;t tell anyone
u r writing the script,"
Singer says 2 Hayter
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
Bryan Singer& #39;s
phone-answering | $500/wk asst,
took credit 4 writing X-Men.
"Just sit there, take notes,
don& #39;t say anything +
don& #39;t tell anyone
u r writing the script,"
Singer says 2 Hayter
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
Bryan Singer was dating
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now director of Escape Room.
Singer cast Robitel,
then undergrad at USC,
in cameo role;
move common in & #39;90s
but would B frowned upon today.
Ya know, dat
Harvey Weinstein | Les Moonves et al
use of casting couch?
https://www.backstage.com/u/AdamRobitel/ ">https://www.backstage.com/u/AdamRob...
now director of Escape Room.
Singer cast Robitel,
then undergrad at USC,
in cameo role;
move common in & #39;90s
but would B frowned upon today.
Ya know, dat
Harvey Weinstein | Les Moonves et al
use of casting couch?
https://www.backstage.com/u/AdamRobitel/ ">https://www.backstage.com/u/AdamRob...
"Marc Collins-Rector
+
Bryan Singer
created that role 4 me."
"8 days after
X-Men& #39;s Ellis Island premiere
7-12-2000,
Burton filed civil suit
against 3 of Singer& #39;s
friends + business assocs in
the Digital Entertainment Network"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
The Den
Marc Collins-Rector
Chad Shackley
Brock Pierce
Michael Egan story is awful
Hired 2 *help around estate.
just keep ur clothes off.
Names:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">David Neuman, Disney TV
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Garth Ancier, Fox TV
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Gary Goddard
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Bryan Singer
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https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/michael-egan-bryan-singer-lawsuit.html">https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/m...
Marc Collins-Rector
Chad Shackley
Brock Pierce
Michael Egan story is awful
Hired 2 *help around estate.
just keep ur clothes off.
Names:
https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/michael-egan-bryan-singer-lawsuit.html">https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/m...
Nothing more than a
Grooming Factory
Gross.
Dark
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Michael Egan "remembers being locked inside a gun closet 4 resisting Collins-Rector’s advances."
He also remembers drugs:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Valium
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Vicodin
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Xanax
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Percocet
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Ecstasy
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Roofies.
Where& #39;s Peter Thiel?
https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/michael-egan-bryan-singer-lawsuit.html">https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/m...
Grooming Factory
Gross.
Dark
Michael Egan "remembers being locked inside a gun closet 4 resisting Collins-Rector’s advances."
He also remembers drugs:
Where& #39;s Peter Thiel?
https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/michael-egan-bryan-singer-lawsuit.html">https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/m...
Rdy 2 meet
The DEN?
~~ Digital Entertainment Network ~~
Sounds comfy.
Dig Platform late 1990s
4 kids!
Singer,
Marc Collins-Rector
Chad Shackley
Brock Pierce
Let& #39;s move on2
Collins-Rectom.
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Such a *hottie.
How could u not want 2
*do him 2 get role? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/found-the-elusive-man-at-the-heart-of-the-hollywood-sex-abus">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/e...
The DEN?
~~ Digital Entertainment Network ~~
Sounds comfy.
Dig Platform late 1990s
4 kids!
Singer,
Marc Collins-Rector
Chad Shackley
Brock Pierce
Let& #39;s move on2
Collins-Rectom.
Such a *hottie.
How could u not want 2
*do him 2 get role? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/found-the-elusive-man-at-the-heart-of-the-hollywood-sex-abus">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/e...
Digital Entertainment Network
This idea was a pre-cursor 2 YooToob.
Targeting kids.
Joining Bryan Singer
+
Marc Collins-Rector
is
@ChadShackley
High School pal enabler.
Now he a Mr. + Mr.
Yeesh.
Adoptions?
This idea was a pre-cursor 2 YooToob.
Targeting kids.
Joining Bryan Singer
+
Marc Collins-Rector
is
@ChadShackley
High School pal enabler.
Now he a Mr. + Mr.
Yeesh.
Adoptions?
The DEN& #39;s
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Brock Pierce
"Strange Saga of
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Link 2 Child Star
Turned Cryptocurrency Mogul"
9-18-19
@kimmasters
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in business starting in mid-2000s https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/strange-saga-jeffrey-epstein-s-link-brock-pierce-1240462">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stra...
"Strange Saga of
Link 2 Child Star
Turned Cryptocurrency Mogul"
9-18-19
@kimmasters
in business starting in mid-2000s https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/strange-saga-jeffrey-epstein-s-link-brock-pierce-1240462">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stra...
Mos earlier,
Collins-Rector
hit w civil suit
4 sexually abusing
13-yo.
Nov 2019,
Burton& #39;s lawyer filed
renewal of judgment
against Collins-Rector + Shackley.
In interviews at this time,
Bryan Singer conceded
he was taking pain medication 4 bad back
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Collins-Rector
hit w civil suit
4 sexually abusing
13-yo.
Nov 2019,
Burton& #39;s lawyer filed
renewal of judgment
against Collins-Rector + Shackley.
In interviews at this time,
Bryan Singer conceded
he was taking pain medication 4 bad back
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
"Y have we accepted
exploitation of women is outrageous
+ fair game 2 confront
but are not willing 2
when it& #39;s gay men
exploiting young men or boys?
The ability 2 exploit
is exactly the same.
Who is more manipulatable
than a teenager?"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
exploitation of women is outrageous
+ fair game 2 confront
but are not willing 2
when it& #39;s gay men
exploiting young men or boys?
The ability 2 exploit
is exactly the same.
Who is more manipulatable
than a teenager?"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
[Anthony Edwards]
Bryan Singer
+
Gary Goddard
accused in 2014 civil suit
of sexually assaulting
17-year-old boy
after 2006 premiere of
Singer& #39;s Superman Returns
in London.
Rupert Murdoch& #39;s
Fox Studios
kept bringing him back
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
"WME quietly dropped [Singer] as a client."
Fox exec says
Singer instead enjoyed
lack of scrutiny.
Hollywood+Fox R Dumb
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"Every1 was afraid 2 say anything
bc feeling was,
& #39;Would we say this 2
straight director
who was womanizer?& #39;"
psst. it& #39;s a crime.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
Fox exec says
Singer instead enjoyed
lack of scrutiny.
Hollywood+Fox R Dumb
"Every1 was afraid 2 say anything
bc feeling was,
& #39;Would we say this 2
straight director
who was womanizer?& #39;"
psst. it& #39;s a crime.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
Over yrs,
at least 2 pieces
that delved N2 Singer abuse claims
were killed:
2001 Details piece by John Connolly
+
2018 Esquire story by Alex French + Maximillian Potter. (Latter later pub by The Atlantic.)
Wonder Y the catch + kill
by Details + Esquire?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
at least 2 pieces
that delved N2 Singer abuse claims
were killed:
2001 Details piece by John Connolly
+
2018 Esquire story by Alex French + Maximillian Potter. (Latter later pub by The Atlantic.)
Wonder Y the catch + kill
by Details + Esquire?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/...
‘Nobody Is Going to Believe You’
March 2019
The Atlantic
Bohemian Rhapsody director
Bryan Singer
has been trailed by accusations of
sexual misconduct 4
20 years.
Here,
his alleged victims tell their stories. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/580462/">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...
March 2019
The Atlantic
Bohemian Rhapsody director
Bryan Singer
has been trailed by accusations of
sexual misconduct 4
20 years.
Here,
his alleged victims tell their stories. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/580462/">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...
Brian Peck
X-Men actor,
served 16 mos in prison
after admitting 2
2 counts of abusing
Nickelodeon child actor
Charged w 8 counts of sexual abuse,
incl abuse by
& #39;by anesthesia or controlled substance& #39;
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6-8-2015 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3115792/Pedophile-X-Men-actor-convicted-sexually-abusing-Nickelodeon-child-star-working-underage-kids.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...
X-Men actor,
served 16 mos in prison
after admitting 2
2 counts of abusing
Nickelodeon child actor
Charged w 8 counts of sexual abuse,
incl abuse by
& #39;by anesthesia or controlled substance& #39;
6-8-2015 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3115792/Pedophile-X-Men-actor-convicted-sexually-abusing-Nickelodeon-child-star-working-underage-kids.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...
"An Open Secret"
2014 film about sexual abuse
of children in Hollywood& #39;s
*entertainment industry.
Dance 4 daddy.
#AnOpenSecret
#BeCourageous
#ReportIt
#LifeGetsBetter
@AnOpenSecret https://vimeo.com/142444429 ">https://vimeo.com/142444429...
2014 film about sexual abuse
of children in Hollywood& #39;s
*entertainment industry.
Dance 4 daddy.
#AnOpenSecret
#BeCourageous
#ReportIt
#LifeGetsBetter
@AnOpenSecret https://vimeo.com/142444429 ">https://vimeo.com/142444429...
"Hollywood’s Underage Sexual Abuse Problem:
5 Shocking Injustices From
‘An Open Secret’
Amy Berg& #39;s
2015 documentary
had a quiet release. https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/">https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/h...
5 Shocking Injustices From
‘An Open Secret’
Amy Berg& #39;s
2015 documentary
had a quiet release. https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/">https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/h...
It hurts Mommie
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▪️" title="Schwarzes kleines Quadrat" aria-label="Emoji: Schwarzes kleines Quadrat">Bob Villard
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tobey Maguire
"Villard’s photo trademark was having
& #39;the children looking up at the camera
as they would be looking up
at the predator in an abuse situation.& #39;”
Poor Leotardo DiCrapio.
Where& #39;s Tugboat?
https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/">https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/h...
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tobey Maguire
"Villard’s photo trademark was having
& #39;the children looking up at the camera
as they would be looking up
at the predator in an abuse situation.& #39;”
Poor Leotardo DiCrapio.
Where& #39;s Tugboat?
https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/">https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/h...
“Pedophile ring” DEN
founded by abuser,
his former victim,
+ well-known child actor.
Early investors:
Bryan Singer
David Geffen
DEN execs
threw drug-fueled sleepovers
4 young boys at their mansion
Fmr child actor
Michael Harrah
SAG
Young Perf Com member
https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/">https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/h...
founded by abuser,
his former victim,
+ well-known child actor.
Early investors:
Bryan Singer
David Geffen
DEN execs
threw drug-fueled sleepovers
4 young boys at their mansion
Fmr child actor
Michael Harrah
SAG
Young Perf Com member
https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/hollywoods-underage-sexual-abuse-problem-5-shocking-injustices-from-an-open-secret-1201891024/">https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/h...