Popular Hollywood director and producer Tyler Perry has been sued for $260m (£194m) by an actor who accused him of sexual assault while working on his TV shows.
The man, Derek Dixon, recently filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles, accusing Tyler of using his influence in the entertainment industry to create a “coercive, sexually exploitative dynamic” while he was on the set of “The Oval” and “Ruthless.”
According to him, Tyler Perry vowed to make him a successful actor before subjecting him to “escalating sexual harassment, assault and battery, and professional retaliation” just because he refused to give in to his “unwanted advances.”