Help! 2008 BMW x5 4.8 Engine Failure

[wsmeyer]

I would advise getting more information before accusing anybody and pissing them off.

Did the collapsed oil filter cause the engine failure or did the engine failure cause the oil filter to collapse?

Personally I think the engine went and the metal destroyed the filter. That's only because I don't think that an engine in proper working order would be generating enough metal in the oil to cause such catastrophic failure in such a short time regardless of the condition of the filter.