Tyler Perry’s sexual assault accuser has repeated his allegations towards the leisure mogul.
Tyler Perry’s sexual assault accuser has repeated his allegations towards the leisure mogul
Actor Derek Dixon has alleged throughout his first tv interview since submitting a $260 million lawsuit the alleged abuse inflicted on him by Tyler, 55, began when the billionaire invited him to remain at his visitor dwelling.
Chatting with ABC Information Stay’s Linsey Davis, Derek described the problem of coming ahead, saying: “It’s been arduous to inform my fact.
“It carries plenty of disgrace, however I don’t need to keep silent about it anymore.”
Turning to his abuse accusations, Derek added: “I obtained into mattress, and I observed he climbed into mattress with me as nicely and began rubbing my leg. I jumped up off the bed and he mentioned, ‘Flip round so I can take a look at you.’”
Derek, recognized for his function as Dale in Perry’s BET sequence The Oval, mentioned he made it clear he was not within the alleged advances.
He added: “I believe it’s OK that individuals attempt to make a transfer or shoot their shot, but when they get rejected, I believe that they need to cease.
“I believed it might cease after that, however it didn’t.”
Derek claimed one other incident adopted wherein Tyler “pulled (his) underwear down” and “grabbed” his buttocks regardless of his protests.
He instructed ABC viewers: “Until somebody has been by means of one thing having the management of their physique taken away, you don’t perceive the sentiments that you’ve got in that second. I didn’t know what to do.”
In response to Derek, he repeatedly tried to “de-escalate” and “distract” Tyler in response to the alleged behaviour.
He filed a criticism with the US Equal Employment Alternative Fee in January, months after his character was killed off in The Oval.
He claimed this was Tyler’s “manner of displaying his energy.”
Tyler’s authorized crew have denied the allegations, beforehand stating Derek tried to extort greater than $40 million in change for silence.
In a press release to ABC, Tyler’s lawyer mentioned: “That is a person who obtained near Tyler Perry for what now seems to be nothing greater than establishing a rip-off.
“Tyler is not going to be shaken down and we’re assured these fabricated claims of harassment will fail.”
Derek insisted his lawsuit seeks accountability, not extortion.
He mentioned: “I’m on the lookout for accountability, one thing to discourage him from doing this to another person.
“How do you cease a billionaire who gained’t cease themselves from doing this? A part of that quantity is my misplaced job, misplaced earnings, lack of the present. The opposite a part of that could be a deterrent.”
Requested what he would say on to Tyler, Derek grew emotional throughout his TV chat, including: “By no means use somebody’s dream to coerce them right into a relationship.
“That’s not skilled.”
