260 million lawsuit against Tyler Perry: This is known about the Hollywood star

Tyler Perry (55) is faced with severe allegations. A colleague accuses him of sexual coercion and demands compensation in the amount of $ 260 million. In court documents that are available to the US magazine “People”, actor Derek Dixon claims that Perry had created a “compulsive, sexually exploitial dynamic” between them on the set of the series “The Oval” and “Ruthless”.

A lawyer of Tyler Perry said: “This is a person who has come close to Tyler Perry and who has apparently committed nothing more than the staging of a fraud. However, Tyler cannot be put down and we are confident that these invented annoyance will remain ineffective.”

Tyler Perry is considered one of the richest and most influential people in the entertainment industry. The career of the actor, director and producer, who now has to face the serious allegations.

Tyler Perry grew up in New Orleans and lived. At the beginning of 20, an episode of the “Oprah Winfrey Show” is said to have inspired him to process his problems by writing. He moved to Atlanta, where he started a career as an author, filmmaker and actor. He switched from the theater to film and television, which should finally make him a billionaire.

He gave his directorial debut in 2006 with “The Crazy Family Festival”. From this he developed the extensive “Madea” franchise of films, in which he played both the leading role and directed. The last part ran in 2019. With the film studio Lionsgate, he realized over 20 films over the years, playing over a billion dollars together.

He also created numerous television series, including “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”. In 2011 he was already considered the best paid man in the entertainment industry, and in twelve months he is said to have earned $ 130 million at the time. Shortly thereafter, Perry completed an exclusive multi -year partnership with Oprah Winfrey (71) and her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) via various script projects. Apart from his own productions, Perry has participated in numerous Hollywood films, including “Star Trek” (2009), “Gone Girl” (2014) or “Don’t look up” (2021).

In 2020, Tyler Perry officially became a billionaire, his net assets amounted to $ 1.4 billion. According to the report, Perry’s wealth is based on both its producer activity as well as on film and TV rights: it has 100 percent of the content he created. According to “Forbes”, Tyler Perry’s assets also include houses in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and Wyoming as well as two planes. He also owns a studio site in Atlanta, where he shoots a large part of his projects.

One of his estates, a $ 43 million house in Beverly Hills with eight bedrooms and twelve bathing rooms, became known for his prominent sub -tenants: Duchess Meghan (43) and Prince Harry (40) lived there briefly when they left England and the royal family behind them and moved to the USA.

Meghan and Tyler Perry are said to have had a common publicist, which the contact was made about. After the Great Britain’s departure, Perry then offered her his help, as he revealed in the Netflix documentary “Harry & Meghan” (2022). After that, a deep friendship developed, so that he even gave a sponsor of Lilibet (4), the daughter of Meghan and Harry. Perry is also said to be good friends with Will Smith and Oprah Winfrey.

Otherwise, little is known about Tyler Perry’s private life. From around 2009 to 2020, he is said to have been dating the Gelila Bekele model. A son was born in November 2014.