Bryan Singer is going to settle the allegations of raping a teenage boy by forking over $150,000. Despite denying the accusations about either knowing the teenage boy or raping him, he is ready to pay up to settle the claims. Back in 2017, Singer was sued by Cesar Sanchez-Guzman for allegedly forcing the then 17-year-old to perform oral sex on him and then raping him too during a yacht party in Seattle.

As per a new legal document obtained by TMZ, a bankruptcy trustee has urged the court to approve Singer's $150,000 settlement. Since Sanchez-Guzman had filed for bankruptcy, a judge is supposed to sign off on the settlement. While the director has agreed to settle the claims, his attorney, Andrew Brettler has stated that he still maintains that he is innocent.

"Mr Singer has denied even knowing this individual, let alone allegedly having interacted with him more than 15 years ago," said Brettler and further added, "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.”

The lawsuit was filed against Singer days after he was fired as the director of Bohemian Rhapsody. On the same, actor Rami Malek even added, “My heart goes out to anyone who has to live through anything like what I've heard and what is out there. 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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