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Bryan Singer007 Archives director ofX-Menand former director of Bohemian Rhapsodybefore he was fired, has been accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy on the set of the 1998 movie Apt Pupil, per a lengthy article published in The Atlanticon Wednesday.

The report outlines new allegations against Singer by a total of four men, all of whom were teenagers at the time the alleged incidents took place. Singer's lawyer, Andrew B. Brettler, has disputed details in the story and "noted that Singer has never been arrested for or charged with any crime, and that Singer categorically denies ever having sex with, or a preference for, underage men."

The article outlines allegations said to have taken place in the late 1990s, when Singer was in his early thirties.

In 1997, on the set of Apt Pupil, Victor Valdovinos alleges that Singer groped his genitals after casting him as an extra in the movie. He was a 13-year-old seventh-grader at the time.

"They're doing their stuff over there, and I was back here, in the towel, with no shirt and no clothes on, sitting on one of the locker benches," said Valdonivos, describing an area of the set Singer (who directed the movie) asked him to wait in during filming. "Bryan's like, 'Just hang out here. It's going to be all day. Don't worry.'"

Later, Valdovinos alleges Singer returned and "grabbed my genitals and started masturbating it" and "rubbed his front part on me." During the assault, Valdovinos alleges Singer told him: "You're so good-looking... I really want to work with you... I have a nice Ferrari... I'm going to take care of you."

Singer's lawyer responded by saying there was no record of Valdovinos working as an extra on the movie. Valdovinos' father, however, toldThe Atlantiche remembered dropping his son off, while other sources confirmed that Singer was driving a Ferrari at the time the alleged assault took place.

Singer has faced allegations of sexual misconduct in the past, including in an Apt Pupillawsuit -- later dismissed -- that alleged minors were ordered to "strip for a scene that was shot in the showers of a school locker room."

In October last year, Singer took to Instagram to respond to "a negative article" he said Esquiremay be planning to publish about about him.

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