Derek Dixon has been opened about his allegations of the sexual attack against Tyler Perry, in the middle of the multi-hyphenate that they refuse violently and her a “Shakedown.”
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After the prosecute of Perry for sexual attack and harassment was Dixon for an interview on ABC News On Tuesday September 9, to details its consideration of the writer, director, Regus and producer. Dixon, who is an actor, says he is operated by perry, while on his bets series The ovalWhile the lawyers of Perry's expressed about its claims denying.
In the new interview Dixon Dixon described an alleged incident in the lawsuit, he says in Perry “Picked down my underwear and grabbed my A **” to a night of drinking at Perry's Home in Atlanta.
“We both resist to the Gast area, where I remained before, and there was this health monitor scale on the way. I was like,” What is that? ” And he said, “You must be in your Underwear to measure,” recalled. “He reached down and pulled my underwear and I tried to stop and attract my arms. He grabbed my arms and said, It's okay. Just go with it. ' And I said, “Stop, I don't want to be naked. I don't want this.” And he said, “I will not hurt you.” '
He continued, “Unless someone has been through something, where they have repeated, you understood in that moment in my head: to fight, to fight, to fold. I didn't know what I would do.”
Dixon claims that the evening ended with him that lock himself in Guest House's bathroom. The next day he says perry called to apologize. The actor also claims that prior to the incident, he had remained at Perry's guest house and during that stay, the filmmaker 'knows and “began to rub. “
“I jumped out of bed. He said, to” so much I can see to you, “and that I saw. And he stood on and left, which claimed in the interview. “I thought copy after that I was pretty clear in that kind of a relationship. … It's ok, but if they are declined that they need to stop. I thought it would stop and not it.”
The actor went to claim that perry sent him multiple lyrics with sexual connotations. In his lawsuit, Dixon says that he feared professional vengeance whenever he ignored the messages of Perry. Dixon's character was shot multiple times in an episode of The oval Season 2, a scripts decision that took Dixon as: “If I don't make him happy I could stay dead on the show.”
“For me that his way to see power over us and our careers,” Declared Dixon to ABC's Linsey Graham. “I was extremely anxious. The calls and lyrics were almost everyday. This constant state of,” If I don't answer, I will get rid of or killed my job. ” It took a huge toll on my fear and depression. “
Dixon over The oval in 2024, per Variety. His lawsuit against Perry was submitted in June 2025, in which he seeks $ 260 million in punitive damage from Perry.