Leisure mogul Tyler Perry is dealing with one other lawsuit from one other actor, who alleges that Perry subjected him to a number of undesirable sexual advances over a number of years. Mario Rodriguez, an actor who appeared in Perry’s 2017 movie Boo! A Madea Halloween, filed the swimsuit on Thursday (Dec. 25) in California.

Within the lawsuit, Rodriguez claims that Tyler Perry first approached him via a gymnasium coach at Equinox in 2014. The 2 related, and after he auditioned for and accepted the position supplied to him in Boo! A Madea Halloween, Rodriguez was invited to Perry’s residence in Los Angeles. After drinks, they watched a film the place Perry allegedly “put his arms on Mr. Rodriguez’s legs and started rubbing his internal thigh proper subsequent to his penis.” 

One other allegation by Rodriguez issues an incident that occurred in 2018 after the 2 had dinner at Mastro’s Steakhouse. On the way in which to Perry’s home, the mogul allegedly “reached into Mr. Rodriguez’s underwear and grabbed his penis.” The lawsuit then states that “Mr. Perry was making sexual moaning noises and saying, ‘Keep right here, keep right here,’ whereas he pressed his physique towards Mr. Rodriguez and continued to seize his penis.” After Rodriguez managed to flee, Perry allegedly gave him $5,000 and apologized.

Rodriguez reportedly determined to sue after Perry was hit with a lawsuit by actor Derek Dixon in June. Dixon, who appeared in two of Perry’s tv sequence – The Oval and Ruthless – alleged that the mogul pinned him towards a wall and groped him. Dixon’s swimsuit is in search of $260 million in damages, whereas Rodriguez’s swimsuit is in search of $77 million. Each males are represented by legal professional Jonathan Delshad.

“Having lately failed in one other matter towards Mr. Perry, the exact same lawyer has now made one more demand from greater than a decade in the past which may even be a failed cash seize,” stated Perry’s legal professional, Alex Shiro, stated in a press release.