Bryan Singer, the disgraced director of Bohemian Rhapsody, will pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit for sexual assault allegations laid against him.
Cesar Sanchez-Guzman filed a lawsuit against Singer in December 2017. Sanchez-Guzman alleged that the director sexually assaulted him during a yacht party in Seattle. Sanchez-Guzman was seventeen at the time of the alleged incident.
Sanchez-Guzman filed for bankruptcy in 2014, and the case was discharged. As Variety notes, in 2018 the bankruptcy trustee reopened the case on the grounds that Sanchez-Guzman’s claim against Singer were not listed among his assets, and all proceeds should be available to his creditors.
A bankruptcy trustee arrived at an agreement with Singer’s attorneys. They requested the court approve a $150,000 settlement. If the settlement is approved the lawsuit against Singer will be dismissed with prejudice.
“The debtor filed a claim against Mr. Singer that he had no basis or legal right to file,” Singer’s attorney Andrew Brettler told Variety. “Mr. Singer has denied even knowing this individual, let alone allegedly having interacted with him more than 15 years ago. The decision to resolve the matter with the bankruptcy trustee was purely a business one, as litigation costs would well exceed the amount requested by the trustee to pay off the creditors who were owed money when the debtor filed for bankruptcy.”
Singer was fired from directorial duties of Bohemian Rhapsody back in December 2017. Initially, it was reported that his sacking was a result of clashes between Singer and lead actor Rami Malek. However, soon after he left the project The Atlantic published an investigative report that saw four men accuse Singer of sexual assault committed against them as minors.
Rami Malek addressed the allegations made against Singer in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, “My heart goes out to anyone who has to live through anything like what I’ve heard and what is out there,” he shared. “It’s awful, it’s remarkable that this happens, I can appreciate so much what they’ve been through and how difficult this must be for them,” he said. “In the light of the Me Too era, that this somehow seems to exist after that, it’s a horrible thing.”
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