Touching Peters

Yikes, this new sex suit against Jon Peters (he's already being sued by two women who used to work for him) threatens to be the juiciest item in Hollywood this year if he fails to put the kibosh on it. Already we are informed that the litigant—co-producer Brian Quintana (pictured Crusing at left)—is alleging that Peters sexually and physically harassed him, had other men do the same, fondled himself in front of him and demanded that Quintana "drive male individuals onto the set for the purposes of granting sexual favors for members of the cast and crew." The casting (and crewing) couch is alive and well.

Peters also apparently was battling allegations of engaging in "sexually inappropriate acts in front of children." Fun boss.

The movie set in question? Superman Returns. Directed by Bryan Singer and starring Brandon Routh. Singer has weathered negative publicity regarding sex and movies before, when angry parents sued over footage he shot of their nude young sons for Apt Pupil—a lawsuit riddled with inaccuracies and gay-baiting language that was ultimately dropped. There were also plenty of rumors as to why sexy Brandon Routh was plucked from obscurity to play Superman in the first place, and gay rumors about Routh until he married.

I met the talented Mr. Singer at Outfest one year and found him to be quite nice. I hope for his sake he is not involved in this, but only time will tell. If he is, it's a bad year for him, ashis Tom Cruise Nazi flick Valkyrie is getting negative advance reviews.

As for Quintana, his Web site makes him an open book—his bio still proudly proclaims that "as an entertainment executive for Jon Peters, Brian helped re-launch the Superman franchise." His array of me-with-the-stars photos includes Bill Clinton (watch yourself, Brian, he's the original groper!) and every Democrat you can think of.

I generally mistrust big-time producers who crave to be photographed alongside stars and then publish those photos online. And while I don't mean to insult him, I feel like if I were a horny producer I'd pick fresher meat to tenderize. But the story about driving "male individuals" (not "men" then...?) sounds plausible considering the usual suspects.

I hope whoever's telling the truth prevails faster than a speeding bullet.

Comments

[real facts]

Mr Quintanta has a history of suing celebrities including Stephanie Powers in the 90's for alleging she forced him to have sex with her. The case was thrown out after it was proven that many of the alleged incidents could not have occurred since Ms.Powers was out of the country, and of course this does not include the criminal conviction against Mr. Quintana for assault involving attempting to hit a gay man in the head with a brick after he refused his advances. Former D.A. Gil Garcetti's office prosecuted that one... Now if only Nancy Pelosi, Tom Cruise, the Governor and the many others on his webb site knew the real story on Mr. Quintana... of course Page 6 would most likely never print this since it is Mr. Quintana has a long history of selling these stories to them.

From Real Facts -

[Matthew Rettenmund]

Do you have any links to those cases? How weird. They would fit the pattern of a cuckoo who likes his pic taken with stars more than anything. But then again, why would he be hired by Peters with that history if not because he'd be desperate enough to do anything to keep his job, including driving boys around? I wonder if that is all made up, or if it's real and the sexual harassment part was added in just for spice since Peters is already being sued by women for that?

[Matthew Rettenmund]

Oh, I should have said: "Mrs. H? She's gorgeous."