Mike Egan III accepted $100,000 settlement from Bryan Singer but then rejected it

Hollywood director Brian Singer offered
$100,000 to close the sexual abuse lawsuit

Michael Egan III, the child model who accused several Hollywood figures of sexually abusing him, accepted a $100,000 settlement from X-Men director Bryan Singer only to back out at the 11th hour, it has emerged.

The strange manoeuvre is said to have cost Egan his lawyer.

Egan recently dropped three lawsuits against other men he claimed abused him during a trip to Hawaii in 1999 when he was 17, leaving only Singer.

TMZ reports that Egan's lawyer, Jeff Herman, approached Singer's lawyer, Marty Singer, offering to drop the case for

It also notes that a $100K settlement payment would be far less than Singer would spend in legal fees defending against the claims and would be viewed as a nuisance payment.

However, after the settlement was signed, Egan changed his mind and reneged, according to the tabloid site.

'This exact kind of take-it-and-shut-up deal is why I decided to stand up in the first place,' he said.  (more...)

Mike Egan III accepted $100,000 settlement from Bryan Singer but then rejected it