(Los Angeles, CA) -- USC is temporarily removing Bryan Singer's name from one of the university's buildings. The move comes after the film director was accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy at a party over ten years ago. The school said in a statement Friday that "Singer has requested that the USC School of Cinematic Arts suspend the use of his name on the Division of Cinema and Media Studies until the allegations against him are resolved."
Southern Cal officials added, "he does not want the pending litigation to have any negative impact on his alma mater." Singer was fired this week by 20th Century Fox as the director of the movie biography about Freddie Mercury called "Bohemian Rhapsody."
Read the full statement:
Bryan Singer has requested that the USC School of Cinematic Arts suspend the use of his name on the Division of Cinema & Media Studies until the allegations against him are resolved. The School means a great deal to Bryan, and while he intends to defend himself vigorously against these claims, he does not want the pending litigation to have any negative impact on his alma mater.
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