Former child model Michael Egan drops third sex abuse case leaving only lawsuit against X-Men director Bryan Singer, but now former accused are starting to sue him
- Lawsuit against theater producer Gary Wayne Goddard has been dropped
- Mike Egan III had also filed claims against other entertainment figures but has since dropped those cases
- Out of four sexual abuse lawsuits, just one remains against X-Men director Bryan Singer of sexual abuse
- Now former accused are filing lawuits against Egan
- Former TV Garth Ancier is seeking punitive damages for the harm to his reputation
A former aspiring model who accused several Hollywood figures of sexually abusing him as a child dropped a third lawsuit on Saturday, leaving only one suit open against 'X-Men' franchise director Bryan Singer.
Lawyers for Michael Egan III said in a federal court filing in Honolulu on Saturday morning that they were dismissing a lawsuit against theater producer Gary Wayne Goddard.
Egan earlier dropped lawsuits against two television executives.
Cases closed: The lawsuit against TV executive David Neuman (left) was dropped last week while the suit against theater producer Gary Goddard (right) was withdrawn on Saturday
Egan's lawyers did not explain why they dropped the lawsuit in their two-page filing, saying only that the matter was dismissed without prejudice, meaning Egan can refile the lawsuit if he chooses.
Egan's lawyer in Honolulu, Mark Gallagher, declined comment and referred questions to Egan's lead attorney, Jeff Herman.
Egan had accused the men of sexually abusing him as a child during trips to Hawaii in 1999 when he was 17 years old.
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He filed suit under an unusual state law that created a window for civil lawsuits in sex abuse cases where the statute of limitations has passed.
The men have denied the allegations, and Singer has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit against him. A hearing is set in the Singer case for August 4.
Earlier this week, Egan dropped a lawsuit against Garth Ancier.
Suing: Garth Ancier says Mike Egan and his attorneys knew a lawsuit accusing him of sexual molestation when Egan was a teenager was false
The former network TV executive filed a malicious-prosecution lawsuit against Egan saying the accusations had damaged his reputation.
Mr Ancier, 56, who was a high-ranking executive at the NBC, Fox and WB networks, filed his lawsuit in a federal court in Honolulu two days after Michael Egan III, 31, voluntarily dismissed his case.
Ancier lawsuit states his reputation was damaged by Egan's claims that he was sexually molested by the executive and other entertainment industry figures, including
Ancier said he never visited the estate in Hawaii where Egan claims he was abused.
Ancier is seeking punitive damages. He claimed he has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars defending himself.
Ancier and X-Men director Bryan Singer have denied being in Hawaii at the time Egan says he was abused.
Ancier's suit claims that Egan and his attorney sought to 'smear, harass and severely injure Mr Ancier as part of an avowed and very public campaign by Mr Egan’s counsel to troll for new clients who would enable them to shake down other entertainment industry executives with threats of sexual assault charges.'
Legal wrangle: Mike Egan (center) with his attorney Jeff Herman (right) and his mother Bonnie Mound during a media conference in April
Egan's attorneys did not respond to requests by Ancier's attorneys to produce evidence that supported the sex abuse lawsuit, the new case states.
Ancier was in Los Angeles and New York developing lineups of shows for NBC at the time Egan claims he was abused.
'This fabrication of facts in Hawaii that never took place, to create jurisdiction in a forum where there was none and to drum up more business for Mr Egan's counsel, requires that defendants be held to account for malicious prosecution and abuse of process,' the lawsuit states.
'Mike Egan maintains that he was sexually abused by Garth Ancier in both Hawaii and California. Prior to filing the case in Hawaii, Mike was examined by a psychologist who made findings that supports Mike's claims,' Herman wrote in an email. 'This is nothing more than an attempt to silence victims.'
Egan sued Ancier, Singer and two other entertainment industry figures in May, just days before a law that extended the statute of limitations on sex-abuse lawsuits in Hawaii expired.
Egan withdrew the lawsuit against Ancier on Wednesday, three weeks after he withdrew a similar suit against David Neuman, another former TV executive. Singer has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit against him.
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