In a new interview, Derek Dixon sat down with ABC News to explain why he’s suing Tyler Perry .

Dixon filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the filmmaker back in June for $260 million in damages, accusing the billionaire of assault while starring in two of his productions.

“Part of that number is my lost job, my lost income, the loss of a show,” Dixon told ABC News ’ anchor Linsey Davis on Tuesday, Sept. 9.

It was his first television interview since filing the lawsuit.

“The other part of that is a deterrent for how do you stop a billionaire who won’t stop themselves from doing this,” he said.

Dixon, who appeared in the two BET series’ “The Oval” and “Ruthless” as Dale between 2021 and 2025, said he first met Perry at a studio opening party in 2019 while he was working at an ev

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