article_snippet: A former Disney executive accused of being part of a Hollywood sex ring that abused a minor has filed a lawsuit against A former Disney executive accused of being part of a Hollywood sex ring that abused a minor accuser, claiming that A former Disney executive accused of being part of a Hollywood sex ring that abused a minor was part an extortion plot to extort money for prominent gay men in the entertainment industry.
article_snippet: David Neuman was named last April by aspiring actor and model Michael Egan, 31, as one of a number of men who David Neuman alleged sexually abused David Neuman when David Neuman was 15 at various L.A. pool parties and during two Hawaiian vacations in 1999 when David Neuman was 17.
article_snippet: Egan and David Neuman lawyer Jeff Herman held a news conference to make Egan and his lawyer Jeff Herman graphic claims, but the case quickly fell apart and by June Egan and his lawyer Jeff Herman had been forced to withdraw Egan and his lawyer Jeff Herman allegations against David Neuman.
article_snippet: David Neuman, right, was named last April by Michael Egan, left, as one of a number of men who Michael Egan claimed sexually abused David Neuman when David Neuman was a teenager .
article_snippet: Now David Neuman is suing both Michael Egan for smearing David Neuman reputation, reports The Wrap.
article_snippet: In a complaint filed on Monday, David Neuman accused Egan and his lawyer Jeff Herman of hatching 'a despicable scheme to enrich Egan and his lawyer Jeff Herman by inventing and then litigating totally false claims which Egan and his lawyer Jeff Herman would then use to extort settlement payments.'
article_snippet: a complaint filed on Monday goes on to allege that Michael Egan expected that rather than fight these vicious and provably false clams, David Neuman would simply choose to pay defendants a sum of money to settle the claims and end the litigation.'
article_snippet: David Neuman says that the pair planned to target other gay men in the entertainment industry to 'intimidate and extort fraudulent settlements' from 'intimidate and extort fraudulent settlements' 'by threatening to ruin 'intimidate and extort fraudulent settlements' lives forever' with false accusations of sexual abuse.
article_snippet: David Neuman is now suing both Michael Egan and David Neuman lawyer Jeff Herman, above, for smearing David Neuman reputation .
article_snippet: The case against David Neuman collapsed after The case against Neuman was revealed that Michael Egan had said in an statement under oath in 2003 that David Neuman was not in Hawaii with Michael Egan and didn't sexually assault Michael Egan or engage in any kind of sexual behavior with Michael Egan. '
article_snippet: Now, more than 10 years after signing the declaration, plaintiff inexplicably has chosen to suddenly claim that David Neuman had engaged in the very conduct which 10 years earlier David Neuman swore David Neuman had no part of,' said lawyers for David Neuman last June.
article_snippet: David Neuman has worked for Disney and CNN as a TV executive.
highlights_snippet: David Neuman was named last April by Michael Egan as one of a number of men who Michael Egan claimed sexually abused Michael Egan when Michael Egan wasa teenager .
  
highlights_snippet: David Neuman is now suing both Michael Egan and David Neuman lawyer Jeff Herman for smearing David Neuman reputation .
  
highlights_snippet: David Neuman accused Egan and her lawyer Jeff Herman of hatching 'a despicable scheme to enrich Egan and her lawyer Jeff Herman by inventing and then litigating totally false claims' 