Tyler Perry faces his second sexual assault lawsuit from a male accuser, as textual content messages between him and Mario Rodriguez present the plaintiff asking for monetary assist earlier than submitting the $77 million go well with.

Rodriguez filed the sexual battery lawsuit last week, claiming Perry made undesirable advances and grabbed his penis. But textual content messages obtained by TMZ from August 31, 2024, present Rodriguez reaching out to Perry about well being issues.

“Brother haven’t been feeling ok confused and lil nauseous I got blood work thinks its my teeth,” Rodriguez wrote to Perry. “I know it’s none of your business idk what do I know I promised you I would never ask you for anything, but if it is what I think it is, I don’t think I could do it on my own because I barely pay my bills scared af.”

The messages present Rodriguez was frightened about his well being and monetary state of affairs. He instructed Perry he was involved about getting sepsis like his father and dying.

“I don’t want to get sepsis like my dad and pass away I don’t even wanna mention it because I don’t wanna make it real,” he wrote.

Rodriguez defined his dental issues within the messages.

“Feel sick most days never told anybody this but my mom and everybody is starting to notice my broke a 🦷. Don’t have insurance,” he mentioned. He additionally talked about his Beverly Hills dentist was “in prison for fraud.”

The messages continued with Rodriguez describing his signs.

“I’ve always been healthy but lately I’ve been waking up confused and dizzy and a bunch of stuff. I just can’t go to the doctor because I can’t even afford it. I don’t want anything. I just wanna be OK. Scared brother.”

Other messages from 2024 present Rodriguez thanking Perry and expressing love for him.

This marks the second sexual assault case in opposition to Tyler Perry from a male accuser. In June 2024, Derek Dixon filed a $260 million lawsuit in opposition to Perry, claiming sexual harassment and assault. Dixon starred as Dale on BET’s “The Oval.”

He claimed Perry subjected him to escalating sexual harassment beginning in 2020 when he give up his job to work on the present. Dixon alleged Perry groped him on a number of events and retaliated when he resisted the advances.

Dixon left “The Oval” in September 2024 and spoke publicly about his allegations in interviews. He described leaping off the bed throughout one alleged incident with Perry.

Perry’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, referred to as Rodriguez’s lawsuit “nothing but a 77 million dollar money grab scam.” Perry has denied all allegations in each circumstances.

The Rodriguez case facilities on alleged incidents throughout the filming of “Boo! A Madea Halloween,” the place Rodriguez had a small function. He claims Perry made undesirable sexual advances and bodily assaulted him.

Both accusers labored on Perry’s productions earlier than submitting their lawsuits. The circumstances increase questions on office conduct in Perry’s leisure empire.

Perry constructed his profession creating the Madea character and producing movies and TV reveals by his Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. He has turn into one of the profitable Black entertainers in Hollywood.

The textual content messages might play a key function in Rodriguez’s case as Perry’s authorized crew argues they present monetary motivation behind the lawsuit.

Related