“Tyler Perry has been sued for sexual misconduct by an actor on one of his TV programs (Picture: Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock) Filmmaker and producer Tyler Perry is facing a sexual misconduct lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by actor Derek Dixon, who alleges that Perry engaged in sexual misconduct during and after Dixon’s time working on Perry’s”, — write: metro.co.uk
Tyler Perry has been sued for sexual misconduct by an actor on one of his TV programs (Picture: Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock) Filmmaker and producer Tyler Perry is facing a sexual misconduct lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed by actor Derek Dixon, who alleges that Perry engaged in sexual misconduct during and after Dixon’s time working on Perry’s television productions.
Perry and his team have strongly denied the allegations.
A statement sent to Metro by reps for Perry, on behalf of Matthew Boyd, attorney for Tyler Perry and TPS Production Services, LLC, reads: ‘This is an individual who got close to Tyler Perry…We are confident these claims of harassment will fail.’
According to the lawsuit, as reported by TMZ, Dixon alleges that he first met Perry in 2019 at a public event, where he claims the director approached him and requested his phone number.
The producer has firmly denied the allegations (Picture: Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association) 
Perry’s lawyer called the allegations a ‘scam’ (Picture: AP) Dixon says that this interaction later led to a small acting role in two episodes of Ruthless, a series produced by Tyler Perry Studios.
He alleges that in January 2020, he was invited to Perry’s Atlanta residence.
During the visit, he claims he consumed alcohol, stayed overnight in a guest room, and experienced an incident in which Perry allegedly entered the room and made unwanted physical contact.
The lawsuit further claims that although Dixon rejected these alleged advances, Perry maintained communication with him afterward, according to the outlet.
Dixon later landed a recurring role as the character Dale in Perry’s BET series The Oval. In the lawsuit, Dixon alleges that Perry sent him sexually suggestive messages during this period.
