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Tyler Perry Accuser Derek Dixon Speaks: “I Couldn’t Stay Silent Anymore”

In his first interview since filing a $260 million sexual assault claim against the Madea creator, actor Derek Dixon says he felt compelled to go public because “everyone deserves to go to work and do their job without their boss trying to have sex with them.”

“So I thought he got the picture, and that created a false sense of security.” Dixon believes that his excitement about his career — and fear of Perry’s power — led him to ignore certain warning signs. In June of 2024, Dixon filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and quit his job working on the last season of The Oval, for which he was under contract to make close to $400,000. In the weeks since his lawsuit became public, Dixon says he has received a mix of responses, from online threats and harassment to messages of support to stories of other people who say they have had similar experiences with Perry.

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