In his first television interview on his accusations against Tyler Perry, screenwriter and actor Derek Dixon told ABC News that he asked for “responsibility”.
In June, put a legal action of 260 million dollars against Perry alleging years of sexual harassment, including promises of professional progress and acts of reprisals when Dixon did not accept the advances of Perry.
Perry, through his lawyer, strongly denied the accusations.
“It is an individual who approached Tyler Perry for what seems to be only the creation of a scam. But Tyler will not be shaken and we are convinced that these fabricated harassment claims will fail,” said Matthew Boyd, lawyer for Perry and his TPS production services, LLC, at the time.
Addressing Linsey Davis of ABC News, Dixon discussed the alleged acts he described above in his trial. This included an incident in which, according to Dixon, Perry jumped into his bed with him one night while staying in the friendly room of billionaire entertainment power. He also discussed some of the text messages previously referenced in the trial and other events.
When he was asked why he had filed the trial and speaks it publicly, he said to Davis: “I wanted to talk about it and no longer remain silent.”
Dixon was a regular on the series on the Pari de Perry “The Oval” show, which was shot dead in the final of season 2.. The actor told Davis that he thought it was in retaliation for not having returned the advances of Perry, and that he feared: “If I did not make him happy, I could remain dead in the series.”
“For me, it was his way of showing his power over us and our careers, and that he has no problem with the simple to kill one of us,” Dixon also said.
Dixon described another incident in which he said that Perry had put him on his clothes and made repeated advances, then the next morning called to apologize. Perry, said Dixon, then told him that he would produce a television pilot that Dixon had written. According to Dixon, Perry now has the rights of this proposed show.
Davis at one point asked Dixon a lawyer from Perry says he sent demanding $ 40 million, which Dixon admitted.
“I think I was looking for a responsibility on what he did. I think what he did was bad, and that had to be something that dissuades him from doing this to someone else, another actor,” said Dixon on this subject.
By saying later that at one point, he received almost constant calls and SMS from Perry, Dixon said he was in “just this constant state in the same way, if I will not answer, I will lose my job. I will be dismissed or killed … It had a huge number on my anxiety and my depression. ”
When he was asked what the $ 260 million is for so that it was for, Dixon replied: “This number is my lost work, my lost income, the loss of the program.
Asked what he would say if he should speak to Perry in person, Dixon replied: “I would say, I hope you will assume the responsibility for what happened, and I hope that this has taught you not to treat your employees in this way and never use someone’s dream to force them in a relationship that is not professional.”
Look at the interview below:
