Tyler Perry’s lawyer calls actor Derek Dixon’s sexual abuse against a “fraud”

Tyler PerryThe lawyer calls on accusations Derek Dixon To submit a claim of $ 260 million against Perry.

In June, Dixon accused Perry by Quid Pro quo sexual harassment, sexual battery, sexual abuse, deliberate supply of emotional complaints, retaliation and more, according to court documents previously obtained by people.

Dixon claimed that Perry, 55, created “a compulsion, sexually exploitative dynamics” between them while playing in the filmmaker’s show Oval and Reckless.

The complaint also accused Perry of “initially promising him career development and creative opportunities, such as producing his pilot and throwing him in his show, just to expose him to escalate sexual harassment, abuse and battery and professional retaliation when Mr. Dixon did not withdraw Mr. Perry’s unwanted

During his first television interview since he submitted the mood, Dixon told ABC News On Tuesday, September 9, he arrived at an amount of $ 260 million in damages because he lost his job, income and show. “The other part of it is a deterrent on how to stop a billionaire who will not prevent themselves from doing this,” he added.

Matthew Boyd, a lawyer for Perry, denied the allegations in a statement to ABC News and said, “This is a person who came close to Tyler Perry for what now seems to be anything but setting up a fraud.”

He continued, “Tyler will not be shaken down and we are convinced that these made claims about harassment will fail.”

Under his Sit-Down with ABC NewsThe Dixon said he hopes Perry will take “responsibility for what happened”, and that the application taught Perry to “not treat your employees in this way and never use anyone’s dream to force them into a relationship that is not professional.”

Dixon said that justice for him would be if “something similar will not happen to another actor working for him or another actor in the industry.”

Dixon first claimed that he and Perry met in Atlanta in September 2019.

Dixon stated in the complaint that in the next few months Perry often texted him, sometimes with suggestive progress, but also that he wanted to find Dixon a job and change his life.

Dixon claimed that in November 2019 Perry offered him a small role at Reckless, and is alleged sexually attacked him in Perry’s home in January 2020. Next month Perry Dixon offered a series of regular role on Ovalaccording to the complaint.

In the filing, Dixon told you a moment after the filming OvalWhen Perry invited him to his trailer. Perry is attached to the Dixon to the wall and began “aggressively Fumble Dixon’s buttocks in a sexual movement.”

Dixon claimed that he similarly arrested during a cast trip to the Bahamas in October 2020.

Dixon claimed that in December 2020 he visited a doctor “who indicated that Dixons showed serious symptoms of acute stress, insomnia, stomach problems and dangerously low cortisol levels due to sexual harassment and abuse” and prescribed him Zoloft, an antidepressant.

Perry offered alleged Dixon to his house again in June 2021 to discuss Dixons Pilot for his show Losing itWhere Perry is sexually attacked Dixon, according to the complaint.

Years later, in January 2023, Dixon Perry informed that he moved to California to “put some distance” between them.

Dixon continued to start on The oval, But left during the show’s final season, a move he claimed resulted in him losing close to $ 400,000.

If you or someone you know has been attacked sexually, please contact the national hotline for sexual abuse of 1-800-656-Hope (4673) or go to rainn.org.