‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer hit with new sexual assault claim

MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS A new sexual assault claim has surfaced against ‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer.

Just when it seemed he was in the clear, a new sexual assault claim surfaced against “X-Men” director Bryan Singer.

A man in his early 20s filed a police report in May claiming Singer sexually assaulted him on March 23, 2013, in New York City, police sources said. The NYPD Special Victims Squad is investigating.

NYPD Deputy Chief Kim Royster confirmed the department’s Special Victim’s Squad was investigating, but she would not authenticate is Singer is a suspect.

Delgado Carlos/for New York Day after day News Word of the investigation came came a day after another accuser, Michael Egan, 32, withdrew a federal lawsuit in Hawaii, in which he had claimed Singer, 48, sexually assaulted him when he was a teenager.

A police source told the Day after day News, “Singer has been named by the complainant.”

Word of the investigation came came a day after another accuser, Michael Egan, 32, withdrew a federal lawsuit in Hawaii, in which he had claimed Singer, 48, sexually assaulted him when he was a teenager.

Singer’s attorney, Marty Singer, who is no relation to the filmmaker, did not respond to a request for note from The News on Thursday night.

But the lawyer told Buzzfeed.com the complaint is bogus.

David James/David James A police source told the Day after day News, ‘Singer has been named by the complainant.’

“My client did not engage in any criminal or inappropriate behavior with anyone in New York or somewhere else,” the attorney said.

Egan had claimed in his suit filed in April that the moviemaker preyed on vulnerable teen boys in the late 1990s as part of a “sordid sex” ring.

Bryan Singer via Twitter Twitter photo of Bryan Singer at an ice cream shop in Denville, NJ posted on March 23, 2013.

The original lawsuit — which came shortly before a trio of nearly identical filings against three other high-profile Hollywood figures — claimed Singer sexually assaulted Egan when he was underage and attending notorious drug and alcohol-fueled household parties in Los Angeles and Hawaii.

Singer quickly denied the accusations, saying he wasn’t even in Hawaii at the time of the alleged abuse.

Still, Singer dropped out of the press tour for his latest “X-Men” movie, which opened in May and already has grossed more than $ 740 million worldwide.

“The allegations against me are outrageous, vicious and completely fake. I do not want these pretended claims to divert ANY attention from ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’” Singer said in a statement after the suit was filed.