It's a scene, our sources said, in which a good-looking young person can easily ingratiate himself with the legitimately powerful. All four have strenuously denied the accusations, but Egan's lawsuits have exposed a culture that was previously visible only to insiders in and around L.A., especially within the gay enclave of West Hollywood. That litigation comes from a man named Michael Egan, who says that he was sexually assaulted by four men- Bryan Singer, Garth Ancier, Gary Goddard and David Neumann-when he was 17. But according to a handful of sources who spoke with Gawker over the course of the last week, he was known as the most generous and active benefactor of a scene that allowed the young and impressionable to rub up against Hollywood elite-including prominent writers, directors and actors-leaving behind bitter memories and a sheaf of newly filed lawsuits. X-Men director Bryan Singer is not the only powerful gay man in Hollywood who likes to surround himself with handsome twinks.
