Bryan Singer has been hit with a second sexual abuse lawsuit.

Hollywood director Bryan Singer’s lawyer says claims by a former aspiring actor that the X-Men director molested him when he was a teenager are “completely fabricated”.

A man who initially recanted sex abuse allegations against the former puppeteer of the Sesame Street character Elmo has sued him, alleging the entertainer lured him into drug-fuelled sex when he was 16.

Another man is suing the former Elmo puppeteer who resigned amid sex abuse allegations, claiming the voice actor befriended him in Miami and promised to be a father figure before flying the teenager to New York to have sex with him.