Tyler Perry The Dixon Derek accuser is talking.
The actor, who has starred in Tyler Perry’s The Oval For 85 episodes between 2021 and 2025, talked to The Hollywood Reporter In an exclusive interview. Dixon presented A demand against Perry on June 13, alleging that the tycoon of the media The sexually besieged him assaulted him, including the buttocks at the House of Atlanta de Perry and sending sexually suggestive texts, such as calling the “thick”.
Dixon said to the departure by email: “I couldn’t let him escape this. Everyone deserves to go to work and do his job without his chief trying to have sex with them. My goal is to help ensure that the next generation of actors and creatives does not have to choose between their dreams and their dignity.”
Dixon describes an alleged pattern of misconduct in the workplace
Dixon claims that Perry has “participated in a pattern of exploiting male actors in his productions and using his power in the entertainment industry to besiege employees,” says the article. Dixon explained the highest points of his demand, saying that he met Perry in September 2019 while working as a coordinator of events for legendary events. The company organized the opening party for Tyler Perry Studios when Perry sang Dixon.
Perry finally gave Dixon the role of Dale a Tyler Perry’s Ruthless After knowing it and promised that the role could grow. Dixon then happened with the character of Ruthless into The oval.
According to Dixon’s demand, the paper and other offers were used by Perry to allegedly have power over him. Dixon claims that Perry had the tendency to kill characters played by actors who wanted to control, including Dixon, who created a dynamic where the actors would do everything that was to maintain their characters and jobs.
Dixon also said that Perry complained once people did not give him anything in exchange for what he provided and said to Dixon, “I couldn’t get angry or my character could be easily left.”
Dixon stated in the lawsuit that he initially did not know if Perry was interested in men or was looking for a sexual relationship. Dixon, who is gay, said he will not talk about Perry about how he identifies.
“Regardless of their sexual or gender orientation, he should not talk to any of his employees, whether men or women, gay, straight or bisexual, about their sexual preferences, how often they have sex or assaulting them physically.”
Dixon explains alleged incidents
One of the main points of Dixon’s complaint is his account of a January 2020 incident at Perry’s house. The two men had consumed alcohol and Perry told Dixon that he was too drunk to drive home and offered him a place to sleep in the guest room. Dixon said that after heading to bed, “(Perry) went up to bed with me and started rubbing -my thigh. I immediately jumped out of bed and said,” I’m not so sexual “and got up until I left the room. I thought my reaction made it clear that night that I was not interested.”
Dixon said Perry encouraged him to write a pilot while The oval He was in Hiatus during Covid-19 Pandemic. When Perry read the script finished, Dixon told him that he loved him and wanted to shoot him.
“I couldn’t believe that he really liked it, much less wanted to shoot the pilot,” said Dixon, who added that Perry’s offer made him grateful. “It was one of the best things he ever happened to me at that moment.”
Dixon believed that he and perry were on the same page and that nothing inappropriate would continue.
“There were times when he was around him and nothing would happen. So I thought he had the image and this created a false sense of security,” he said. “… now I realize that I leave my gratitude for what I had done for me to cloud my respect.”
Later, Dixon believed that Perry – who had a contract with Viacom and could not buy Dixon’s show for two years, only used the pilot as a lever.
“I think I was trying to tarnish my dreams in front of me during the time he could to prevent him from talking,” he said.
Dixon is looking for $ 260 million in damage.
Perry’s lawyer Matthew Boyd said The Hollywood Reporter Who thinks Dixon is “an individual who approached Tyler Perry for what now seems to be nothing but establishing a scam.”
“Tyler will not shake and we are sure that these manufactured harassment claims will fail,” Boyd said.
