An actor accused Tyler Perry of protecting a high government after claiming he was raped and manipulated beneath false pretenses in 2022.
Tyler Perry is dealing with critical accusations after actor and navy veteran Braxton Demarco Wells publicly claimed the media mogul helped conceal a rape allegedly dedicated by Mark E. Swinton, Senior Vice President of Scripted Programming at Tyler Perry Studios.
Wells, who appeared on Perry’s BET drama The Oval, posted an in depth account on Instagram accusing Swinton of grooming and sexually assaulting him in January 2022 after flying him from Los Angeles to Georgia beneath deceptive circumstances.
“Mark E. Swinton, you groomed and raped me whereas I used to be beneath your affect, flying me from Los Angeles to Georgia beneath false pretenses,” Wells wrote. “You abused your place as Vice President of Tyler Perry Studios — an organization that claims to face for religion — to commit unspeakable evil behind closed doorways.”
Wells additionally accused Tyler Perry of remaining silent and defending Swinton to protect his public picture.
“Tyler Perry, you constructed your empire on the picture of a God-fearing man,” he added. “But when darkness crept in via your individual government, you selected silence. You retained a predator in your home and helped cowl it up, defending your model over a damaged human life. That’s not religion — that’s fraud.”
As of Tuesday (July 8), neither Perry nor Swinton has publicly addressed the allegations.
Wells additional claimed Perry’s authorized group pressured him into signing a non-disclosure settlement to maintain the incident beneath wraps. He stated makes an attempt to report the assault had been met with threats, together with from his personal legal professional.
In a separate put up, Wells referenced actor Derek Dixon, who filed a $260 million lawsuit towards Tyler Perry in June.
Dixon, additionally a forged member on The Oval, alleged repeated sexual harassment, assault and retaliation after rejecting Perry’s advances.
Wells wrote, “I got here out about this case method earlier than Derek Dixon! They advised me to take down the video threaten me and even my very own lawyer threaten me whereas I used to be attempting to go to regulation enforcement!”
Swinton, a longtime collaborator at Tyler Perry Studios, has labored throughout movie, tv and stage productions.
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