Theater producer denies claims he abused aspiring teen actor in 1999 in Hawaii

FILE - In this Monday, April 21, 2014 file photo, plaintiff Michael Egan III, center, 31, his mother Bonnie Mound, left, and attorney Jeff Herman take questions from the media during a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. A theater producer sued on Monday by Egan accusing several Hollywood figures of sexual assault is denying the man's claims or that he was in Hawaii when the alleged abuse happened. Attorneys for Gary Goddard wrote in a statement Wednesday, April 23, 2014, denying that the theater producer molested or gave drugs or alcohol to Egan. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file )

April 23, 2014 - 3:19 PM

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A theatre producer sued by a man accusing several Hollywood figures of sexual assault is denying the allegations or that he was in Hawaii when the alleged abuse happened.

Attorneys for Gary Goddard issued a statement Wednesday denying that the theatre producer molested or gave drugs or alcohol to Michael Egan III. Egan sued Goddard and two other former entertainment industry executives Monday, claiming they raped him during a trip to Hawaii in 1999 when he was 17 years old.

Goddard's attorneys, Alan Grodin and Paul Gaspari, note that Egan did not include the executives in a 2000 lawsuit he filed in Los Angeles against a man later convicted of transporting five minors across state lines to have sex.

Egan's lawyer did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Wednesday.

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