US actor and director Tyler Perry has been accused of sexual assault by an actor who starred on his long-running TV present, The Oval, however Perry has denied the claims

American actor and director Tyler Perry, 55, is going through accusations of sexual assault – which he strongly denies. The alleged declare comes from an actor who starred on the filmmaker’s long-running TV present, The Oval.

In line with TMZ, Derek Dixon has filed a lawsuit in opposition to Perry and claims the film mogul “picked him out of a crowd” in 2019 and requested him for his cellphone quantity concerning a future appearing position.

Perry reportedly then gave Dixon cameos in two episodes of a present referred to as Ruthless.

He then claims he stayed over at Perry’s Atlanta house in January 2020 and alleges Perry climbed into mattress with him. Dixon claims he rejected Perry’s advances on the time.

Dixon went on to land the position of Dale in The Oval – one in every of Perry’s tasks – however claims within the paperwork seen by TMZ that Perry started sending him sexually suggestive textual content messages.

He claims he did not file a criticism of sexual harassment on the time attributable to fearing he would lose his job. In line with TMZ, Dixon filed the go well with with Equal Employment and Alternative Fee in June 2024, earlier than resigning from The Oval.

Dixon is suing Perry personally and Tyler Perry Studios for office sexual harassment and sexual assault and battery. The actor is requesting $260million in damages.

In a press release shared with the Mirror on Tuesday evening, a consultant for Perry stated: “That is a person who bought near Tyler Perry for what now seems to be nothing greater than organising a rip-off. However Tyler is not going to be shaken down and we’re assured these fabricated claims of harassment will fail.”

Perry is a famend filmmaker and playwright and along with producing his personal work, has additionally starred in Hollywood films like Gone Lady, Do not Look Up and Star Trek.

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