The Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody won Best Drama at the Golden Globes Awards on Sunday, and Rami Malek won best actor for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury.
After the the awards ceremony, Queen guitarist Brian May was asked about Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer, who was not thanked during Rami Malek’s speech, and was fired from the film and also accused of rape.
In December 2017, The Wrap reports that Singer was accused of sexual assault by Cesar Sanchez-Guzman. Sanchez-Guzman says Singer forced oral sex and anal penetration while aboard a yacht in Seattle, Washington, in 2003. Sanchez-Guzman says he was 17 years old at the time. Singer denies the charge.
In April 2014, Michael Egan claimed in a lawsuit that he was raped by Singer and that the director also made him take cocaine, and provided him with drugs and alcohol. Egan later withdrew his lawsuit. Sanchez-Guzman and Egan shared the same lawyer for their respective suits.
“In today’s climate where people’s careers are harmed by mere accusations, what Esquire is attempting to do is a reckless disregard for the truth, making assumptions that are fictional and irresponsible,” Bryan Singer wrote in October about an expected Esquire article that would detail sexual assault allegations. Singer has denied all sexual assault allegations against him.
When asked about Singer, May dodged the question, saying, “Good question, though.” Singer celebrated the Golden Globes on his Instagram story, posting graphics about the wins.
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Friendly reminder that the director of Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian Singer, is an alleged pedophile/rapist. Let's not continue to award bad people. That's all folks. #GoldenGlobes #GoldenGlobes2019 #MeToo #TimesUp #GoldenGlobes https://t.co/szgw7Kr0o1
— The Tempest (@WeAreTheTempest) January 7, 2019
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Last year, almost every women who attended the #GoldenGlobes wore black to raise awareness for the #metoo movement. This year, a film by Bryan Singer, a known pedophile, won best drama.
— Marissa Solomon (@MariskySol) January 7, 2019
Quality of the film is irrelevant, the Hollywood Foreign Press has solidified itself as an association that is fake as fuck. They dodge heat by not inviting Bryan Singer and presumably not letting anyone thank him, but have no problem supporting his work.
— jamie rogers (@thejamierogers_) January 7, 2019
Just shouted this gay bar: “Bryan Singer is a serial sexual assaulter, in case y’all forgot!!”
— ✨ kyle 中和 turner ✨ (@TyleKurner) January 7, 2019
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