Actor Derek Dixon has accused Tyler Perry of sexual harassment and assault in a lawsuit filed towards the ‘The Oval’ creator.
In accordance with the lawsuit, Perry abused his energy to sexually exploit him. Dixon, who labored in a number of episodes of ‘The Oval’ has sought $260 million in damages.
However who precisely is Derek Dixon?
Meet Derek Dixon, the actor who accused Tyler Perry of sexual harassment
Born Derek Alexander Dixon in Raleigh, North Carolina, he studied at Marymount Manhattan School and acted at The Terry Schreiber Studio in New York.
Derek Dixon is greatest identified for his position as Dale on The Oval and Ruthless.
He’s additionally the co-winner of the 2016 Important Theatre Playwriting Award. He’s carried out in performs together with: The Lion in Winter, Romeo and Juliet, and The Boys In The Band and has written a number of full-length performs, together with: Homewrecker, Purple Snow, Footage of Folks, Work of Artwork, and Inexperienced Gentle. In 2015, he joined Working Title Playwrights.
Dixon was working with an occasions firm when he met Tyler Perry at a celebration in 2019 and was supplied a task on ‘The Stressed’.
Quickly after, he additionally landed a task on ‘The Oval’, taking part in the character of Dale for greater than 100 episodes earlier than finally quitting the present.
In accordance with Dixon’s lawsuit, Tyler Perry subjected him “to escalating sexual harassment, assault and battery, {and professional} retaliation when he didn’t reciprocate the showbiz mogul’s undesirable advances,” Dixon claims that this led to him allegedly quitting in Season 6.
Perry’s lawyer denied the allegations in an announcement shared with USA At this time.
“That is a person who acquired near Tyler Perry for what now seems to be nothing greater than organising a rip-off. However Tyler won’t be shaken down, and we’re assured these fabricated claims of harassment will fail,” mentioned lawyer Matthew Boyd.