Overview

• Dixon filed a $260 million lawsuit against Perry on June 13 in Los Angeles Superior Court, accusing the producer of repeated non-consensual advances.
• In the interview, he recounts a January 2020 incident in which Perry climbed into his bed and touched his thigh without consent and a June 2021 encounter involving forcible groping.
• He says the alleged abuse led to chronic insomnia, depression and a prescription for Zoloft as he feared reporting the behavior would jeopardize his career.
• Dixon previously lodged a sexual harassment complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in June 2024 and left the series The Oval, foregoing nearly $400,000 in salary.
• Tyler Perry’s attorney Matthew Boyd disputes all allegations, calling them fabricated and promising to defeat the claims in court.