Derek Dixon is talking out for the primary time about his $260 million lawsuit towards Tyler Perry, saying he went public in regards to the sexual assault allegations as a result of “I couldn’t simply let him get away with this.”
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Though the Ruthless actor referred to as the ordeal “terrifying,” he claims the June submitting was about defending different creatives from having to “select between their desires and their dignity.” He defined to The Hollywood Reporter, “Everybody deserves to go to work and do their job with out their boss making an attempt to have intercourse with them.” Within the first interview since coming ahead, Dixon mentioned the alleged harassment that he claimed escalated to a sexual assault that he reportedly thought would finish in rape.
Many feedback latched onto hypothesis about Perry’s sexuality, which Dixon shut down. Whereas the overtly homosexual actor’s lawsuit famous that he “didn’t know that Perry was excited by males or that he was searching for a sexual relationship,” Dixon emphasised that the true points are the alleged sexual harassment and assault.
“I’m not going to talk for him on how he identifies sexually,” he mentioned about Perry, who broke up with Gelila Bekele, the mom of their 10-year-old son, in late 2020. “No matter his sexual orientation or gender, he shouldn’t be talking to any of his workers whether or not they be males or ladies, homosexual, straight or bisexual about their sexual preferences, how usually they’re having intercourse and bodily assaulting them.”
As BOSSIP beforehand reported, days after the June 13 go well with was filed, Perry’s authorized group denied all of the allegations as a “rip-off.” In an announcement from lawyer Matthew Boyd, he referred to as Dixon an “particular person who bought near Tyler Perry for what now seems to be nothing greater than organising a rip-off.” He continued, “Tyler won’t be shaken down and we’re assured these fabricated claims of harassment will fail.”
Learn how Derek Dixon claims an opportunity assembly with Tyler Perry allegedly escalated to harassment and assault after the flip.
