Tyler Perry Sued for Sexual Assault and Harassment by ‘The Oval’ Actor

Tyler Perry is dealing with an accusation of sexual assault — a declare coming from an actor on his long-running TV present, “The Oval,” and one Tyler’s camp calls a “rip-off” … TMZ has realized.

Derek Dixon filed a lawsuit towards Perry, and within the docs he claims he and the director met at an occasion again in 2019 — in Derek’s phrases, Tyler picked him out of the gang and requested for his cellphone quantity, suggesting he might need a task for him.

Because it seems, he did … Derek says Tyler gave him a small position in 2 episodes of a present referred to as, “Ruthless.”

Then, in January 2020, Derek says Tyler invited him to his Atlanta dwelling, and he accepted, hoping to construct a friendship that will result in extra appearing gigs. However, in line with the swimsuit, whereas there … Derek drank an excessive amount of, and ended up sleeping in a visitor room.

Within the docs, obtained by TMZ, Derek claims Tyler obtained into the mattress with him, and began touching his thighs — and, though, he rejected the advances that evening … he claims Tyler remained .

Shortly thereafter, Derek says he landed the position of Dale in “The Oval” — nice for his profession, however he claims it was round this time that Tyler additionally began firing off sexually suggestive texts … together with asking what Drew’s sexual preferences have been, and telling him he has intercourse with males.

Derek additionally notes his character, Dale, was written as a homosexual, homeless and determined retailer clerk who needed to sleep with different characters for a spot to remain. He claims that is precisely what Tyler instructed him he was on the lookout for in an actual life sexual accomplice … somebody who can be loyal and dependent upon Tyler.

Derek says he feared his profession can be derailed if he flatly rejected Tyler — so, as an alternative he instructed him he simply wasn’t “the sexual sort” … however he was at all times terrified he’d lose his job if he complained of sexual harassment.

To that time, he says Tyler, as soon as once more, invited him to Atlanta later in 2020 … and issues allegedly took a darkish flip. Derek claims Perry greeted him warmly, however shortly began a sexually charged dialog — like asking him if he “likes it tough in mattress” — after which grabbed Derek by the throat whereas saying, “Look how excited you simply obtained.”

He says he pushed Tyler away, and that was the tip of that alleged incident.

The lawsuit consists of years of textual content messages allegedly despatched by between each males — a lot of the ones Tyler allegedly despatched are sexually charged … as an example one reads, “No straight man can be happening walks with you or cooking dinner for you except they wished to f**okay you. I might f**okay you.”

Probably the most aggressive incident allegedly went down in June 2021, once more at Tyler’s Atlanta dwelling — Dixon was staying within the visitor home and carrying solely his underwear, when he says Tyler got here in to present him a goodnight hug.

He alleges Tyler yanked down his underwear, groped his butt and mentioned, “Chill out and simply let it occur” and guaranteed him it wasn’t going to harm. Dixon says he managed to rebuff this advance by altering the topic.

Based on the swimsuit, Dixon lastly filed a grievance with Equal Employment and Alternative Fee in June 2024, after which give up “The Oval,” saying he may now not put up with the alleged sexual harassment.

Dixon is suing Tyler and Tyler Perry Studios for quid professional quo and office sexual harassment and sexual assault and battery … and he is in search of $260 million in damages.

Tyler’s lawyer Matthew Boyd tells us, “That is a person who obtained near Tyler Perry for what now seems to be nothing greater than organising a rip-off. However Tyler won’t be shaken down and we’re assured these fabricated claims of harassment will fail.”