Bryan Singer was accused by former partner and assistant Bryan Singer of “mental and emotional abuse”. He shared details about their sexual relationship, which he claims was traumatic. Singer was just 18 at the time and the filmmaker was only 43.
In an essay published by Variety, Blake Stuerman, 30, claimed that he met the X-Men director in New York City in 2009, just a few days after his 18th birthday, and their first sexual encounter occurred shortly after.
Stuerman stated that Singer had a reputation of liking young men. He claims that Singer controlled every part of their lives during their four-year relationship.
Singer is 56 now, and he claimed that he made him live in terror after seeing him assault a man at house party 2012. He threatened to kill him if Singer ever leaves.
Andrew Brettler (Singer’s lawyer) called Stuerman’s claims ‘uncorroborated and inflammatory’. In a four page written response, Brettler stated that Stuerman had’simply got an axe to grind’ since being fired as his assistant in June 2013.
Brettler, however, did not comment or dispute Singer’s allegation of getting Stuerman drunk while he was 18, and having sex with the latter. Also, he didn’t mention the Stuerman claimed that the producer assaulted someone nearly ten years ago.
Bryan Singer’s ex-assistant and former partner Blake Stuerman accuses him of years’ of’mental, emotional abuse’
Singer (pictured with Stuerman) revealed details about his sexual relationship with Singer, which he allegedly traumatized in an essay published on Variety
Singer, who has been in the business for three decades, is well-known for Superman Returns and Valkyrie.
A number of men have made allegations against him, including court cases and documentaries. They claim that he has sexually assaulted minors, in instances dating back to 1997.
Singer is bisexual, and has a son, with Michelle Clunie. Singer has denied the accusations. Some of them have been retracted by court, and some settled. Settlements are cheaper than going to court.
“Up to a few years back, I still supported Bryan in private. Stuerman stated in his essay that he would not deny rumors about Bryan’s alleged conduct if they brought them up.
‘It wasn’t until I began receiving treatment specifically for abuse and PTSD that I accepted what had actually happened. I was abused by an extremely powerful and wealthy man who is also very sick. Bryan Singer has made me a victim.
A very powerful and wealthy man has abused me. He is also very rich.
Stuerman stated that he was working in New York as an assistant scenic design designer when he first met Singer in 2009 at a Nobu 57 dinner.
“I was a stick thin and wildly precocious child, who looked 15 years older than I actually were.” He recalled the classic definition of twink.
Singer later claimed that Singer invited all of them to his hotel suite, and asked for his driver’s licence because he couldn’t believe he was 18 years old. He said that Singer had offered him a drink, and that he could drive him home, but he refused to go.
Stuerman recounted how Singer spent the next week with him and his friends. He also recalled how Singer ‘dipped more than $10,000. John Waters took a self-portrait of himself because he found the image amusing.
Singer claimed that he hadn’t had any alcohol before meeting him, but that all changed when the director made it clear to him that he would have to drink one of Singer’s drinks at dinner.
According to Stuerman, Singer insisted he finish the drink and then ordered him another before inviting everyone back to his hotel suite.
“The group left Bryan’s suite one at a while until Bryan and I were alone. “I was just 18 and alone in a hotel with a wealthy and well-known man, who gave me his complete attention and intoxicated me for the first times in my entire life,” he said.
“My chest tightens just from thinking about it. Imagine what would happen next. I didn’t know I was allowed to say no. I didn’t know that alcohol was affecting my decision-making ability.’
Stuerman claimed that Singer offered him a flight to Los Angeles on the next day. Singer said that Singer believed he was talented, and would fly him there if necessary. He discovered that Singer liked young-looking men after he had moved across the country.
‘Older men would lead groups of twinks, like me, into Bryan’s house,’ he claimed. These men were expected to already have vetted the boys and ensure that they were legal.
‘He would come hang out for a bit, make sure everyone had drinks, and then he’d pick the one, two, or more who he liked and we’d see them an hour or three later. They were often me.
Stuerman said that Singer mentored him and invited him to set-ups, postproduction sessions, script readings. Development meetings, films festivals, parties, dinners.
Singer used to pay Singer for meals. Singer once took Singer out to dinner, and he said that Elton John was very generous.
‘I thought I was so incredibly lucky to have such a talented and powerful man as my mentor,’ he wrote, claiming that around this time Singer ‘also began to expect sex more frequently.’
Stuerman said that Singer enjoyed movie nights at home, which always ended in him being left alone. He claimed that after the movie ended ‘it was then expected that we’d have sex or, at the very least, I would masturbate with him.’
The former assistant claimed that the closer they were, the more he wanted from him. If he refused to give in, it was a risk of losing all he worked so hard for.
‘If I put up even a little bit of resistance, he’d get angry. “Why would I give up my future?” If I wanted to leave I was welcome to, but I wouldn’t be allowed back. He would text me about sex: “Boy c** yeahhhhhhhhh!”
Singer, who was 43 at the time of Stuerman’s drunken encounter with Singer, claimed that he was just 18 while Stuerman stated that he had never had any sex before.
Stuerman stated that Singer looked “sticky” at 15 years old. Later, Stuerman learned that Singer had a reputation of liking young-looking men.
Stuerman claimed Singer had ‘violently assaulted one of the guest’ at his house party that night. The filmmaker told Stuerman that Singer had ‘violently attacked one of the guests near him’ after dragging him in. ‘I’ll f**king kill you if you leave me.’
He said, ‘I’d never seen or witnessed any physical violence until I met Bryan.’ It was then that I realized I was in an isolated room with a drunken man. It was then that the terror began to sink in.
Stuerman stated that he tried to calm Singer while sending frantic text messages to party-goers, asking them to turn off their phones.
“My text messages were desperate. My situation was dire. “It was close to 6 am when I finally managed to turn everything off,” he stated. ‘That’s when he finally fell asleep. Bryan kept his threats coming to fruition and from that point on I lived in constant fear.
Before Bryan, I’d never seen or been subject to physical violence.
‘If Bryan found out I had hooked up with someone without his permission — without inviting him to participate — he berated me, and dangled my future in front of me,’ he added. ‘
I wasn’t allowed to date. I wasn’t allowed to have sex with people of my choosing. I was controlled by him.
Stuerman stated that Bryan had abused her mental and emotionally during the production of X-Men: Days of Future Past. This was in the spring of 2013.
Singer had dragged him around almost every night of production. He claimed that Singer kept the crew waiting for Singer to get up while he attempted to ‘toober up in the mornings’.
Stuerman said that Singer broke down when he told him he was an alcoholic and required help. He then flew into a fit of rage and kicked Stuerman out. Singer would be able to calm down after a couple of hours if Singer told him that was normal.
Singer was angry again, he claimed. Singer was awakened by a guard and told that he would be sent home to LA.
Singer allegedly told him to wait and let Singer forgive him. But he soon realized that he could not continue living like this. A separation agreement was made and he was paid a “low five-figure” for his labor.
Singer was the former assistant who wanted to be a film producer. Singer claimed that Singer had become his mentor and that Singer ‘began expecting sex more often’ upon returning.
Singer claimed Stuerman controlled his life for four years, and that he was not allowed to have sex or date anyone during this time.
He said, “I was not in the credits of Days of Future Past,” I was informed that it was just an oversight. It was my fault and no one could blame me for it. I was convinced that I’d f***** up and hadn’t worked hard enough. It seemed like I had lost my chance to share stories. My self-worth and worth were tied to the people I met.
Singer was just 17 years old when Singer was accused by Michael Egan (actor and model), of having raped him in Hawaii. This was right before Days of Future Past.
Stuerman claimed that Singer’s relationship became tabloid fodder after his story was published, but he was warned not to speak out. Stuerman explained that he was afflicted by severe depression and needed to return home with his family.
He recalled struggling with his mental health as well as alcohol abuse and a dependence on anti-anxiety medications for two years. At the request of his parents, he began seeing a therapist every week.
Stuerman claimed that it was years of therapy before he finally realized that he was suffering from abuse.
‘It turns out addiction, severe depression, PTSD, and anxiety are all very common among those of us who experienced Bryan’s wrath,’ he wrote.
For nearly 25 years, allegations of sexual misconduct have followed Singer, with multiple accusations from different men — some of them underage at the time — in incidents occurring between 1997 and 2006.
Many of the 2014-2017 court cases were dismissed or withdrawn later by the parties.
Singer’s firing from two prominent director roles was due to the MeToo movement. Dexter Fletcher then took Singer’s place as the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
Red Sonja was first released in 1985. It was set to be redeveloped through his successor, Mr. Red Sonja. Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios.
Andrew Brettler was Singer’s attorney and called Stuermans’ allegations “uncorroborated”, inflammatory, highly defamatory” in a written four-page response
Singer is being accused of sexual assault by several minors, according to a host of witnesses. These allegations date back as far as 1997.
Singer hasn’t directed a film since.
The Atlantic published a 2019 expose by four victims that he allegedly assaulted when they were children.
DailyMail.com has also published exclusive court records from 2014, which show Singer was at least 5 times accused of sexual assault in 2014.
Stuerman’s account was corroborated by 20 people, including people who knew them and worked on X-Men: Days of Future Past, according to Variety.
Another outlet stated that Singer was also assisted by the ex-assistant and provided “extensive documentation” that covered everything from photos of Singer to text message exchanges.
I lived in fear of Bryan following through on his threats
While responding to the allegations against his client, Brettler provided text messages from Stuerman to Singer that also corroborated they had a sexual relationship and that the former relied on the latter for money.
Bettler stated that Singer had distanced himself form Stuerman as he “grew increasingly paranoid and delusional”
The types of allegations that Mr. Steurman has made [sic]”Now is leveling at Mr. Singer are nothing but self-serving and conclusory remarks with absolutely no evidence supporting them,” wrote the lawyer.
“Mr. Stuerman is angry and upset that he allegedly did not receive the “credit” that he thought he deserved on Mr. Singer’s films….And, most of all, he is angry and upset that Mr. Singer is no longer funding Mr. Stuerman’s jet setting lifestyle and supporting Mr. Stuerman financially, as he had done for so many years.’