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Industry Reactions to the Bryan Singer Allegations Are a Lesson in Willful Ignorance

Citing the director’s ability to generate money, the producer of <em>Red Sonja</em> defended the choice to keep him at the helm of the upcoming film.
Source: Vianney Le Caer / Invision / AP

On Wednesday, published the results of into several allegations of sexual misconduct against Bryan Singer, the director of, among other films, , ,, and, most recently, the Golden Globe–winning and Oscar-nominated . The report, the result of 12 months’ worth of investigative work from the writers Alex French and Maximillian Potter, contains accusations of rape and coercive sex with men and underaged boys. It contains testimony from a psychologist about the traumas that can be inflicted on a person who is sexually exploited as a child. It contains stories of lives derailed, of young people being made to understand that their interests do not much matter, when

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