Byran Singer, the director of several movies in the "X-Men" franchise, is accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy in 1999, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by his alleged victim.

Singer, 48, is accused of forcing the alleged victim, Michael F. Egan III, to engage in illicit sexual acts in Los Angeles and Hawaii. Egan also claims Singer forced drugs upon him before sexually assaulting him.

The director "manipulated his power, wealth, and position in the entertainment industry to sexually abuse and exploit the underage Plaintiff through the use of drugs, alcohol, threats, and inducements," according to the lawsuit obtained by Fox News.

Egan, who lives in Nevada, met Singer when he was an investor at an Internet start-up called Digital Entertainment Network in Los Angeles. Egan met the chair of the start-up, Marc Collins-Rector, through the brother of a classmate, according to the lawsuit, Fox News reported.

The lawsuit claims that Rector, Singer and other men from the start-up abused young men by inviting them to a large home in Encino for parties and supplying them with drugs and alcohol.

One incident occurred at the Encino home when Singer allegedly asked Egan to perform oral sex on him. Singer then forced Egan to do so when he refused, according to the lawsuit. Singer assaulted Egan again at an estate in Kailua, Hawaii and made him take cocaine, Fox News reported.

Marty Singer, the director's attorney, said that the plaintiff is just trying to draw attention to himself at the same time the director's next "X-Men" movie is set to come out. "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is scheduled to be released May 23.  

"The claims made against Bryan Singer are completely without merit," the attorney told The Hollywood Reporter. "We are very confident that Bryan will be vindicated in this absurd and defamatory lawsuit."