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An actor and scriptwriter accused Tyler Perry of sexual harassment, alleging in a trial that the media magnate has repeatedly made unwanted advances and sought to conceal an aggression with an offer to develop a show.
The 46-page complaint, lodged last week at the Los Angeles County Court’s Superior Court, requests punitive damages totaling $ 260 million and compares allegations to that of other well-known figures from the entertainment industry accused of sexual fault.
“The success of Mr. Perry led him to believe that money and influence can make him understand,” said the complaint, adding: “Mr. Perry asked for the only thing that his wealth and influence could not buy – sex with a man who would remain silent.”
In a press release, a lawyer for Perry accused the applicant, Derek Dixon, of trying to get closer to the defendant “for what now seems to be nothing more than to set up a scam. But Tyler will not be shaken and we are convinced that these claims made of harassment will fail. ”
According to the trial, Perry offered Dixon – who worked at the time for an event company – his first role as an actor in 2019. A few months later, he invited Dixon at his home in Georgia and served him several glasses before telling the aspiring actor to stay in his guest room, according to the costume.
Perry suddenly appeared in Dixon’s bed and began to grop him, according to the costume.
“Dixon continued to inform Perry that he was not in sex in order to keep Perry at a distance while not insulting the person who swung his career in front of him,” said the costume.
Perry continued to send an SMS to Dixon about his sex life, according to the costume, which says that the more the actor ignored Perry, the more aggressive he became. After Dixon left his job and played a role in the program of Perry, “the oval”, says the costume, Perry would ask questions about the actor about his sexual preferences; Go in sexually explicit blows; And call or send an SMS to Dixon almost daily, treating him like his “pet” on call.
The character of Dixon in “The Oval” was scripted to be killed at the end of the season, but according to the costume, Perry said he could survive the set and appear in future seasons if Dixon was doing a “good job”.
“Dixon immediately understood that his job security depended on his” relationship “with Perry”, according to the costume, who adds that Perry warned Dixon not to discuss any of their conversations with comrades or talk to them about their friendship.
The costume accuses Perry of groping Dixon twice in 2020, including during a trip in case of Bahamas. In 2021, when he was at Perry, the filmmaker would have lowered Dixon’s underwear and “started to seize vigorously, grop and play with the buttocks of Dixon in a sexual way. Dixon was naked, amazed and seized by a huge fear.”
After the alleged assault, the trial indicates that one of the lawyers of Perry told Dixon that “Christmas came early” because he had done a good job on “the oval”. According to the costume, he gave an increase of the following season, and Perry wanted to buy the rights to draw a pilot for a script that Dixon had written, called “to lose”.
The trial indicates that Dixon had trouble getting rid of the decision to make public with allegations of sexual assault or to accept Perry’s money. He finally “tilted in pressure,” said the trial, and sought to advance his career.
While Perry bought the rights of the scenario and filmed it, indicates the prosecution, he had “no intention to produce” losing it “. Perry has never made an effort to sell the show or shopping it.
The show was not developed, according to the costume, and Perry then offered Dixon a position as a writer in one of his shows. Dixon rejected Perry and filed a complaint with the equality of employment committee. The status of this complaint was not immediately clear.
