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Tyler Perry offers $100,000 reward for information about same-sex attracted man's killing
Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry is offering a reward of $100,000 to anyone who has information about the killing of a Black queer man in Grenada.
Perry said Wednesday on Instagram that the man, Josiah “Jonty” Robinson, 24, was "like a son" to Perry's friend Yvette Noel-Schure, the celebrity publicist.
"My soul ached as she shared that he was a fresh, gifted singer who was murdered because he was gay," Perry wrote in the post, which included several images of Robinson. "My mind immediately went to Mathew Shepard, and all the other victims of racist, homophobic, antisemitic, xenophobic, senseless violence."
Perry did not elaborate on why he thinks Robinson was killed because of his sexuality. Noel-Schure did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Robinson's body was found on a beach in St. George's, Grenada, on June 18, according to the local newspaper The New Today Grenada. It reported that an autopsy found that Robinson had been strangled before he was thrown into the sea. It said police have questioned several people but hold not had any breakthroughs.
"The pain of not knowing is trul
Tyler Perry Accuser Derek Dixon Speaks: “I Couldn’t Stay Silent Anymore” (Exclusive)
Actor Derek Dixon says the process of bringing his recent bombshell lawsuit for sexual harassment and assault against Atlanta entertainment mogulTyler Perry has been “terrifying.” But in his first interview since filing the $260 million claim against Perry in Los Angeles Superior Court on June 13, he says he felt compelled to speak out because, “I couldn’t just let him obtain away with this.
“Everyone deserves to go to labor and do their job without their boss trying to have sex with them,” Dixon says. “My goal is to help assure that the next generation of actors and creatives don’t have to decide between their dreams and their dignity.”
Dixon, an actor in his late 30s who appeared in 85 episodes of Perry’s BET series The Oval that aired between 2021 and 2025, alleges in the lawsuit that Perry made several unwanted sexual advances toward him, including one in which the producer pinned him against a wall and groped him and another in which Perry snuck into his bed. Dixon has accused Perry of engaging in a patt
Tyler Perry has been playing his “Madea” character for more than 20 years, first on stage and now in film, but the latest film in the franchise makes history. For the first time, in “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming” — which is now streaming on Netflix — the series has a same-sex attracted character, played by actor Brandon Black.
In the new comedy, Perry reprises his titular role and plays others in his family as well. The clip also stars Brendan O’Carroll, who plays the character of Agnes Brown. As they all amass together for a happy day, some secrets come to the surface.
Black plays Tim, Madea’s great-grandson. He is coming to her home to celebrate his graduation and existence his college’s valedictorian.
“He is stressing about that, but he also has something he needs to announce to his family and that would be that he is gay,” Black told Georgia Voice. “That overshadows the speech for him.”
The actor said there are gay people in most families, so it makes sense to observe a gay great-grandson here. As an out actor, he is happy that he got a chance to compete the role.
“This film has a letter for everyone,” Jet said. “I experience that everybody is represented. Everyone will see themselves in t
Actor Derek Dixon sues media mogul Tyler Perry for sexual assault
Editor's note: This article contains graphic depictions of alleged sexual assault.
Media mogul Tyler Perry, a professed Christian, has been accused of aggressively sexually assaulting and harassing a male actor and penner who was so traumatized by the alleged ordeal that he walked away from a condense worth nearly $400,000.
Actor Derek Dixon, who played the role of a gay store clerk in Perry's "The Oval" BET series, is now seeking $260 million in damages, including punitive damages, according to a 46-page lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, last Friday.
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"This case arises from a sustained pattern of workplace sexual harassment, assault, and retaliation perpetrated by Tyler Perry, a powerful media mogul, against Plaintiff Derek Dixon, a professional star and screenwriter," writes Dixon's attorney, Jonathan J. Delshad.
"Mr. Perry took his success and power and used his consi