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Actor Derek Dixon break his silence after charging Tyler perry of sexual assault and harassment in a legal case of $ 260 million last month.
“I couldn’t let him escape this,” said Dixon Hollywood reporter On Thursday, July 10, in his first interview since the charges became public. “Everyone deserves to go to work and do their job without their boss trying to have sex with them.”
Dixon said his “goal” with the suit is to “help ensure that the next generation of actors and creative people does not have to choose from their dreams and dignity.”
Weekly US confirm that Dixon filed a legal case against Perry55, and Tyler Perry Studios in Los Angeles on June 13. The actor, who appeared on the Bet Perry series The oval Starting in 2021, suddenly about the sexual harassment of Quid Pro Quo, a sexual battery, a sexual assault, deliberately causing emotional distress and revenge, are among other accusations.
Actor Derek Dixon has found himself in a legal position with Tyler Perry. In June 2025, Dixon filed a legal case of $ 260 million against Perry and accused him of using his influence in the entertainment industry to create “dynamic enforcement, sexually exploitative” while operating on the oval and ruthless. Dixon sues (…)
Perry was quick to deny the charges against him.
“This is an individual who came close to Tyler Perry for what now seems nothing more than setting up a scam,” Perry attorney Matthew Boyd divided in a statement. “But Tyler will not be shaken down and we are confident that these false allegations of harassment will fail.”
Dixon claimed that Perry was crawled and snuck into his bed, among other allegations. The actor also claimed that Perry had a pattern of this kind of behavior with male workers.
Derek Dixon
Courtesy of Derek Dixon/InstagramDuring Thursday’s interview, Dixon said he met Perry in September 2019 while working in Atlanta. They are alleged to have exchanged phone numbers after Perry questioned whether Dixon was an actor. Then came the opportunity for Dixon to audition for the Oval. The first alleged incident occurred in January 2022 when Dixon stayed at Perry’s hotel house.
Perry is alleged to “climb to bed” with Dixon and start “rub” his leg.
While Hollywood may appear as glitz and glam on the surface, the industry has seen its fair share of scandals over the years. The New York Times and the New Yorker first published investigative pieces in 2017 accused the dissatisfied film producer Harvey Weinstein of decades of sexual assault and harassment. Shortly after, weinstein stood trial and was (…)
“I jumped out of bed right away and said, ‘I’m not so sexy’ and stand up until he left the room,” said Dixon Through. “I thought my response made it clear that night that I wasn’t interested.”
Perry is alleged to continue texting Dixon – but the messages remained unanswered.
“I’m not going to talk for him on how he knows sexually,” said Dixon Through of his alleged experiences with Perry. “Regardless of his sexual orientation or gender, he should not be talking to any of his employees whether they are male or female, gay, straight or bisexual for their sexual preferences, how often they have sex and physically attack them.”
While the two continued to work together, Dixon was under the impression that Perry “had the picture” that nothing sexual would happen between them.
“I realize now that I left my gratitude for what he had done for me to cloud my self-esteem,” Dixon added, noting elsewhere that he was “too scared to come on.”
“I knew it would be terrible. And I was right,” he added. “This is why people, especially men, do not come on.”
