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Who Is Derek Dixon? About the Actor & His Lawsuit Against Tyler Perry

Dixon filed a lawsuit against Perry in June 2025 for alleged sexual harassment and abuse. Here is everything we know about the actor from ‘The Oval.’

Image Credit: WireImage for Parkwood Tyler Perry was slapped with a lawsuit by an actor named Derek Dixon, who accused the film multi-hyphenate of sexual harassment and abuse. Meanwhile, for his part, Dixon’s lawsuit claims that Perry blackmailed him by threatening to fire him from The Oval if he didn’t submit to sexual favors. The lawsuit claims that the Straw filmmaker promised he’d help his acting career successful, but subjected Dixon to “escalating sexual harassment, assault and battery, and professional retaliation” because he didn’t return Perry’s “unwanted advances.”

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