Overview
- Actor Mario Rodriguez filed the lawsuit on Dec. 25 in Los Angeles, alleging repeated unwanted advances and sexual battery between 2015 and 2019 at Perry’s Los Angeles home.
- The complaint seeks damages for sexual assault, sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and alleges Lionsgate ignored or turned a blind eye to the conduct.
- Rodriguez’s filing details specific incidents in 2016, 2018 and 2019 and claims Perry gave him $5,000 after two encounters he rejected.
- Attorney Jonathan J. Delshad, who represents Rodriguez, says text messages and other evidence bolster the claims.
- Perry denies the allegations through attorney Alex Spiro, Derek Dixon’s separate $260 million suit has been moved to federal court in Georgia, and no criminal charges have been filed.