{"id":145902,"date":"2025-06-18T19:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/tyler-perry-sued-for-260m-by-actor-alleging-sexual-harassment-and-assault-national\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:03:24","slug":"tyler-perry-sued-for-260m-by-actor-alleging-sexual-harassment-and-assault-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/tyler-perry-sued-for-260m-by-actor-alleging-sexual-harassment-and-assault-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Perry sued for $260M by actor alleging sexual harassment and assault &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>An actor and screenwriter is suing <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tyler-perry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyler Perry<\/a> for US$260 million in a lawsuit alleging that the media mogul leveraged his business energy to repeatedly sexually assault and harass him whereas retaining him quiet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Derek Dixon, who performed the character Dale on Perry\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Oval <\/em>for 85 episodes, claims that Perry subjected him \u201cto escalating <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/sexual-harassment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexual harassment<\/a>, assault and battery, and professional retaliation when Mr. Dixon did not reciprocate Mr. Perry\u2019s unwanted advances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on June 13, alleges that \u201cMr. Perry took his success and power and used his considerable influence in the entertainment industry to create a coercive, sexually exploitative dynamic with Mr. Dixon \u2014 initially promising him career advancement and creative opportunities, such as producing his pilot and casting him in his show.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Perry\u2019s lawyer, Matthew Boyd, stated the lawsuit\u2019s allegations are false.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National information<\/h2>\n<p>For information impacting Canada and around the globe, join breaking information alerts delivered on to you once they occur.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is an individual who got close to Tyler Perry for what now appears to be nothing more than setting up a scam,\u201d Boyd stated in an announcement on Tuesday. \u201cBut Tyler will not be shaken down, and we are confident these fabricated claims of harassment will fail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, seen by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/18\/arts\/tyler-perry-derek-dixon-sexual-assault-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a>, stated Perry first seen Dixon in 2019 when he was a part of the occasion employees at a celebration Perry was throwing and he supplied Dixon an audition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Entertainment<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More movies<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dixon would first seem in a small function on the Perry sequence <em>Ruthless<\/em> earlier than getting a bigger function on the political drama <em>The Oval<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Perry quickly started sending undesirable sexual textual content messages to Dixon, in line with the lawsuit, which incorporates screenshots of a number of conversations between the 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s it going to take for you to have guiltless sex?\u201d one of many messages learn.<\/p>\n<p>In one occasion talked about within the swimsuit, Perry allegedly invited Dixon to his residence in Douglasville, close to Atlanta, in 2020, the place the 2 had a couple of drinks and Dixon spent the night time in a visitor room.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon alleges within the lawsuit that through the night time, Perry received into mattress with him and commenced \u201crubbing Dixon\u2019s body around his inner thigh in a highly sexual and suggestive manner.\u201d Dixon claims that he jumped out of the mattress and instructed Perry that he \u201cwasn\u2019t that sexual.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The lawsuit says Perry supplied Dixon an more and more outstanding function on\u00a0<em>The Oval<\/em> following the interplay and that\u2019s when he claims his sexual advances turned extra aggressive.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11245957\/sunjay-kapur-heart-attack-polo-match\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" 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where he \u201cforcibly pulled off Mr. Dixon\u2019s clothes, groped his buttocks, and tried to drive himself on Dixon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dixon stated he instructed Perry \u201cno,\u201d however was initially ignored till he was in a position to de-escalate the scenario and alter the topic, in line with the swimsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Perry allegedly apologized and instructed Dixon he would work with him on a TV pilot Dixon was looking for to provide.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon claims that he acquired a increase that he believes was a part of an try and maintain him quiet, in line with the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>He additionally stated the concern of his character dying on <em>The Oval<\/em> saved him from talking out about his allegations in opposition to Perry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Perry additionally produced and purchased the rights to the pilot, known as <em>Losing It<\/em>, however the lawsuit alleges Perry had no intention of promoting the present and was utilizing it just for leverage over Dixon.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon stated he moved from Atlanta, the place Perry\u2019s manufacturing studio is positioned, to Los Angeles to place distance between the 2 of them.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Dixon filed a grievance with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and when that didn\u2019t end in any motion from the present\u2019s producers, he stop.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon is requesting a jury trial and looking for damages of $260 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <em>With information from The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<section id=\"content-curator-more-recommendations\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Curator more recommendations section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Curator Recommendations<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li 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