Variety Reports:
In this first-person account, Blake Stuerman details his horribly abusive experiences over his four years with Bryan Singer.
Singer rose to prominence as a director with 1995’s “The Usual Suspects,” and directed several blockbusters, including “X-Men,” “Superman Returns.”
Stuerman met Singer in 2009 in New York, when he was 18, and Singer was 43. He entered into sexual relationship with him shortly after.
Bryan Singer: Blake Stuerman Alleges Abusive Years With X-Men Director – Variety
Their time together ended after Stuerman was fired as Singer’s assistant in June 2013 on the film “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” which opened the following year.
Stuerman believes his relationship with Singer was abusive and traumatic. He says he was further traumatized by witnessing an incident in 2012 in which Singer allegedly assaulted another boy.
Variety corroborated parts of Stuerman’s account of his life with Singer through documents, photographs, emails and text messages provided by Stuerman, and by speaking with people in Stuerman’s and Singer’s orbits at the time of these events.
Variety interviewed 20 people for this story, 18 of whom spoke under agreement of anonymity in order to protect their positions within the industry or out of concern of reprisals from Singer and Stuerman’s parents.
Stuerman’s allegation of assault was corroborated by someone who was present.
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Bryan Singer: Blake Stuerman Alleges Abusive Years With X-Men Director – Variety
