Tyler Perry Fights Sexual Assault Accuser Over Non-public Texts With Buddies

Tyler Perry fights his sexual assault accuser, Mario Rodriguezin court docket due to his non-public texts… TMZ has discovered.

In keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by TMZ, Tyler says he gave Mario non-public texts with associates as a part of their authorized battle. The director stated he needed these messages to stay confidential, as they’d beforehand agreed.

He stated messages must be non-public as a result of some conversations discuss monetary issues.

Tyler says he and the associates he was texting thought their conversations had been non-public…and Mario has no proper to launch them. He claims that his associates had nothing to do with the matter in query and that disclosure of their texts would trigger pointless discomfort and embarrassment.

Mario has but to reply the query in his personal court docket paperwork.

As TMZ first reported, Mario continued Tyler for $77 million for alleged sexual assault. He stated he met the director in 2015 on the fitness center…which led to him touchdown a task in Tyler’s movie, “Boo! A Madea Halloween.”

In his lawsuit, Mario claimed Tyler assaulted him when he went to go to him at his residence in 2018. Mario claims Tyler requested him if he favored oral intercourse after which grabbed his waste. He stated Tyler gave him $5,000 and apologized.

The swimsuit alleges that Tyler additionally pressured his hand on Mario’s penis throughout one other hangout… main to a different alleged fee of $5,000.

Tyler and his firm have denied all allegations of wrongdoing on this matter. He claimed Mario continued to speak to him after the alleged incidents…and solely turned on him when he stopped offering him with info. monetary help.

As TMZ first reported, Tyler beforehand fought Mario in court docket to seek out out if he ought to reply questions on his sexuality throughout his testimony.