Tyler Perry to Male Sexual Assault Accuser
I am Not Embarrassed By My Sexual Orientation!!!
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Tyler Perry claims his male sexual assault accuser, Mario Rodriguez, is working extra time to stress him right into a settlement … however the famed director says he will not cave.
In new authorized docs, filed by Tyler’s authorized staff and obtained by TMZ, the film mogul fires again at Mario’s declare he will not sit for a deposition until Mario agrees to not ask about his sexual orientation. Mario requested that Tyler be sanctioned for not showing at a deposition, the place he says he deliberate to ask Tyler if he was drawn to males.
In his new submitting, Tyler scoffs at Mario’s claims concerning the deposition and says he already agreed to sit down for one.
He claims Mario holds the “backwards belief” that he ought to “be embarrassed to answer questions about his sexual orientation.” Tyler insists he isn’t embarrassed and says Mario’s movement was filed to stress him into settling the case — and it is not working.
Tyler stated when he turned down a multi-million greenback settlement proposal introduced by Mario, the man rotated and filed the movement concerning the deposition to hurt his fame.
The director stated Mario’s strikes in courtroom are basically a part of an effort to bully Tyler right into a settlement.
In his submitting, Tyler stated the questions Mario wished to ask about his sexual orientation are irrelevant to the case at hand. He claimed Mario’s principle would imply a person who’s drawn to males is extra prone to have assaulted one other man … which he calls a “bigoted stereotype.”
Along with opposing the movement, Tyler is asking the courtroom to sanction Mario to the tune of $7,300 for abusing the invention course of.
As TMZ first reported, Mario sued Tyler for $77 million, alleging the movie producer sexually assaulted him.
In courtroom docs, Mario claimed he met the director in 2015 at a gymnasium. He stated Tyler gave him a task in a 2015 movie he directed … and claims, over time, Tyler invited him over to his house and sexually assaulted him.
Mario claimed Tyler questioned him about oral intercourse earlier than touching his junk. He stated Tyler apologized and paid him $5K for the incident … and alleged there was one other incident by which Tyler compelled Mario’s hand on his penis.
Tyler denies all allegations of wrongdoing. His staff claimed Mario saved speaking to him over time … regardless of his claims that he was sexually assaulted. He stated the allegations of assault solely got here after he refused to maintain offering Mario with monetary help.
