Tyler Perry is sued by $ 260 million for allegations of sexual assault and harassment by an actor who appeared in his drama Bet The oval.
Use weekly got a demand filed by Derek Dixon He filed a lawsuit against Perry, 55, and Tyler Perry Studios in Los Angeles on Friday, June 13.Tmz was first to break the news on Tuesday, June 17.)
Dixon will sue the filmmaker for sexual harassment Quid Pro quo, sexual battery, sexual assault, intentional inflation of emotional problems and retaliation, among other things. Perry on Tuesday denied allegations against him through his lawyer.
“Mr. Perry had his success and power and used his considerable influence on the entertainment industry to create a sexually coercive and exploiting dynamic with Mr. Dixon, promising -initially the advance of his career and creative opportunities, such as producing his pilot and broadcasting it in his show, only to undergo sexual harassment, assault and battery. Professionals when Mr. Dixon did not communicate the Lord over the advances.
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“This is an individual who approached Tyler Perry for what now seems to be nothing but establishing a scam,” is Perry’s lawyer, Matthew Boydsaid in a statement to News ABC Tuesday. “But Tyler will not shake and we are sure that these manufactured harassment claims will fail.”
Dixon claims with the demand that Perry met while working at an opening party for Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2019. He said he and perry exchanged phone numbers and the Cane The director then threw him on the program Ruthless.
It was then that Dixon claims that Perry started sending -“strange and unquestionable” messages. Dixon claims that Perry sexually assaulted him at Perry’s house in Douglasville County, Georgia, in January 2020, and then offered a regular role. The ovalThe long -term gambling drama located inside the White House.
Dixon claims that the fate of his character, Dale, and his continued work affected his acquire with Perry’s alleged advances.
“Mr. Perry made it clear to Dixon that if Dixon ignored Perry or failed to participate with sexual innuendos, Dixon’s character would” die “next season,” says the lawsuit. “In fact, Dixon’s character,” Dale “, was fired four times in his chest at the end of his first season in” The Oval “, and Perry always kept it on Mr. Dixon’s head, which implied that” Dale “would survive if Dixon kept” happy “perry.
Dixon claims two more incidents of sexual assault, which involved Perry “aggressively grasping Dixon’s buttocks in a sexual motion,” in 2020, including a October 2020 distribution trip to Bahamas. He claims he was assaulted again at Perry’s house in June 2021.
After experiencing a decrease in his health, including “severe depression”, the actor says he moved to Los Angeles in January 2023 or around “a certain distance” between him and Perry, according to demand.
In the legal presentation, Dixon also claims that Perry promised to produce a television program created by Dixon and continued to make these promises even after he had moved to Los Angeles. In 2024, Dixon says he realized that Perry was only doing so to prevent “exposing the dark side of Tyler Perry,” says the demand.
“At this point, Mr. Dixon has no comment. We believe that the complaint speaks in itself,” Dixon’s lawyers said to ABC News on Tuesday.
Use weekly He has contacted Perry’s representatives and has opted for comments.
