The American filmmaker Tyler Perry, popularly known for his successful Made Comedy series and films like Acrimony, faces a demand for sexual assault of $ 260 million presented by actor Derek Dixon, who played Dale in the Bet Drama of Perry The Oval.
In his first interview in the Chamber with ABC News on September 9, 2025, Dixon claimed that Perry created a coercive atmosphere that bordered the professional borders and let him fearing for his work.
He said Perry once his underwear was lowered and grabbed his buttocks in the producer’s Atlanta house. “I was under constant stress, I frightened my job or being killed outside the program if I didn’t meet,” said Dixon.
By explaining the size of the demand, Dixon said that it covers personal damage and serves as a deterrent element. “Part of that number is my lost work, my lost income, the loss of a show.
The other part of that is a deterrent element of how to stop a billionaire that this will not be prevented, ”he explained.
The 2020 Oval star also accused Perry of giving up a promise to produce a pilot script he had written, which said Perry still controls.
Despite the risks of making public, Dixon said he spoke “to protect the future generations of actors and creatives,” and emphasize that exploiting people’s aspirations by coercion is “non -professional.”
In response to the accusations, Perry’s lawyer, Matthew Boyd, dismissed the statements as an “elaborate scam.”
He said: “This is a person who approached Tyler Perry so it seems to be an elaborate scam. But Tyler will not be coerced, and we are sure that these statements of unfounded harassment will not succeed.”
Dixon filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Commission in Employment in January 2024 before leaving Oval later that year. His demand for June 2025 has sincelife since then the debate on harassment in the workplace and the dynamics of power in Hollywood.
Until now, Dixon remains the only accuser identified publicly, while Perry has firmly denied all accusations.
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