Bryan Singer has officially stepped down as executive producer of FX’s X-Men series Legion following recent sexual assault accusations.

In an interview with Deadline following the Legion panel at this year’s TCA, series creator Noah Hawley confirmed that Bryan Singer’s name would no longer be attached to the X-Men spinoff, which is going into its second season.

“Bryan asked to take his name off the show so we have done that,” said Hawley.

Deadline also reports that sources revealed to them that it was Singer himself who reached out to FX and asked for his name to be removed as a direct result of recent sexual assault allegations.

Just last month we learned that a lawsuit had been brought forth against the director by a young man named Cesar Sanchez-Guzman.

In the suit, Sanchez-Guzman accuses Singer of raping him on a yacht in Seattle back in 2003 when he was just 17 years old.

Shortly after news of the lawsuit broke, a representative for the director put forth a statement saying Singer “categorically denies these allegations and will vehemently defend this lawsuit to the very end.”

In the wake of recent sexual assault accusations that have swept through Hollywood, we’ve seen many take action against abusers, including Netflix, who severed ties with Kevin Spacey after serious allegations were brought forth against the actor.

With that in mind, it might not come as a shock that Singer might be feeling a bit of pushback amidst the most recent allegations brought forth against him. Even so, it’s interesting to hear that it was he himself who allegedly asked for his name to be pulled from the superhero series.

Singer may have severed ties with Legion, but as Hawley tells it, it likely won’t make too much of a difference for the series. Especially considered Singer wasn’t too involved in the creative process.

“Very early on in the concept of the show, I met him a couple of times,” Hawley told Deadline. “He was interested in directing the pilot, but once I stepped in to direct, I haven’t spoken to him since that moment. Really, he was a name on the screen.”

Meanwhile, the jury’s still out over whether Fox will follow suit and remove Singer’s executive producing credit on The Gifted.

Though no decision has been made yet, Fox Entertainment president Michael Thorn assured that the network was “looking into” the matter and taking the allegations “very seriously.”