Malicious Prosecution Claim Against Hollywood Sex Abuse Accuser Can Proceed, Says Judge

Malicious Prosecution Claim Against Hollywood Sex Abuse Accuser To Proceed
Plaintiff Michael Egan III, 31, takes questions from the media during a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, April 21, 2014. Egan, who previously accused âX-Menâ director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him when he was a teen, sued former TV programming executive Garth Ancier in Hawaii Monday accusing him of abuse in 1999 when Egan was 17. Egan also sued two other men in separate federal court lawsuits in Hawaii Monday, claiming they also abused him on trips there. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )
Plaintiff Michael Egan III, 31, takes questions from the media during a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, April 21, 2014. Egan, who previously accused âX-Menâ director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him when he was a teen, sued former TV programming executive Garth Ancier in Hawaii Monday accusing him of abuse in 1999 when Egan was 17. Egan also sued two other men in separate federal court lawsuits in Hawaii Monday, claiming they also abused him on trips there. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )

The malicious prosecution claim that television executive Garth Ancier filed against Hollywood sex abuse accuser Michael Egan and his former attorneys can proceed to a jury trial, a Hawaii federal judge ruled Wednesday, dismissing a motion brought by Egan's former attorney Jeff Herman that sought to end the case.

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