{"id":31198,"date":"2025-06-18T19:31:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=31198"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:31:21","slug":"tyler-perry-dismisses-sexual-abuse-lawsuit-as-a-shakedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/06\/18\/tyler-perry-dismisses-sexual-abuse-lawsuit-as-a-shakedown\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Perry dismisses sexual abuse\u00a0lawsuit as a ‘shakedown’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tyler Perry\u2019s legal team has rejected the sexual assault charges filed against the filmmaker as a \u201cshakedown”.<\/div>\n
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Fellow American actor and screenwriter, Derek Dixon, has launched a $260 million lawsuit against Perry.<\/div>\n
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Perry’s lawyer, Matthew Boyd, says Dixon is an individual who got close to the actor and playwright for what now appears to be nothing more than setting up a scam.<\/div>\n
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Dixon\u00a0says he met Perry at\u00a0the opening party of his studio in Atlanta in 2019, before landing a role on the filmmaker’s show, Ruthless<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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Dixon alleges that the filmmaker repeatedly made unwanted advances and created a coercive, sexually exploitative environment while they worked on the BET drama series.<\/div>\n
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The actor\u00a0claims that\u00a0Perry offered him a prominent role on the show as his sexual advances became more aggressive.<\/div>\n
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He alleges that the screenwriter, producer, and director controlled his employment, compensation and creative opportunities. Dixon accuses Perry of threatening to kill his career should he reject his advances.<\/div>\n
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In the lawsuit filed last week, Perry is accused of having “a troubling pattern of exploiting vulnerable male actors and employees”.<\/div>\n
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Perry\u2019s lawyer has dismissed the allegations as fabricated, saying he is confident that the harassment claims will fail.<\/div>\n
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The lawsuit comes as Perry busks in the record-breaking success of his latest film, Straw<\/em>, which has garnered the highest Netflix viewership for a movie in a single week.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A post shared by Tyler Perry (@tylerperry)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Tyler Perry has been accused of sexual assault . Beyonce is a huge fan and friend of him.<\/p>\n

Why is Beyonce always associating herself with rapists? pic.twitter.com\/HiDFQkPDGw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Beyonc\u00e9 Updates (@beyonceupdatesx) June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This is shocking! An actor, Derek Dixon, has hit Tyler Perry with a huge lawsuit filled with claims of harassment and sexual assault. pic.twitter.com\/uqxZc7HtKd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Michelle (@Bigbrother_all) June 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I know I\u2019m biased, but I believe anything Tyler Perry is accused of. Whatever they say he did, he did that shit. I believe it until evidence has been proven that he didn\u2019t do that thing. He\u2019s a billionaire, they\u2019re evil and unethical people. I don\u2019t put anything past them.<\/p>\n

\u2014 AshleyStevens (@The_Acumen) June 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The same story Derek Dixon is sharing of his alleged sexual assault from Tyler Perry is the SAME story Christian Keyes shared about a \u201cBlack Hollywood giant\u201d that he\u2019s worked w\/ for yrs before he was bullied into deleting his videos from IG.<\/p>\n

Believe survivors the FIRST time.<\/p>\n

\u2014 thee taurus tyrant. \u2728\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udf78 (@FatBlackLuxury) June 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Tjo.<\/p>\n

Tyler Perry accused and sued for sexual assault by an actor on his series “The Oval”. pic.twitter.com\/cg0IW3skNb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kgopolo (@PhilMphela) June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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