Usually, I would not address an issue like this unless I felt it was very important. I personally feel this issue is necessary to address in a few ways. First, because the University of New Haven is full of criminal justice students who can’t wait to get their hands on these things and second, because it highlights a reoccurring issue in Hollywood.

Bryan Singer, the director of X-Men, X-Men 2, Superman Returns, and the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past is being sued by 31-year-old Michael Egan for sexual abuse back when he was 15 years old.

His lawyer also claims that three more Hollywood names will soon be exposed for similar allegations. This is really all we know about the issue so far. Being a criminal justice student myself, I must emphasize; innocence until proven guilty and fake allegations like this happen all the time to ruin people’s image.

Given that this is on the eve of Singers biggest film release of his career, so the timing just seems kind of suspicious. I know sexually assaulted children can take years to cope and come to terms, but it just seems a little too coincidental that this is happening now – especially 15 years later. Again, these are all the facts that we know right now, and I promise to keep everyone updated as this case progresses.

The other reason why I brought this up is because the issue of sexually assaulted children in Hollywood is a big issue these days. A reporter from CNN even described it as, “[the] Worst kept Secret around, because it’s been going on for years.”

I can’t speak too much on behalf of either side of the argument since I don’t have much knowledge about the situation at all, aside from the fact of how common this is. I just think it’s distasteful how these people, who we hand millions of dollars to, commit crimes such as this.

This issue does anger me, especially as an entertainment fan. We frown upon the Penn State football issue for example, but we overlook how many times this situation goes on in Hollywood.

Think about how many people know, and may be covering up, occurrences such as this, and how many of these people are receiving so much fame and celebration, when they don’t deserve it. If the case against Singer turns out to be true, he deserves to lose his spot in limelight and pay for his actions; however, I pray the allegations are not true.