Tyler Perry’s $77M intimacyual physical attack Accuser Responds…
New info has come out in the latest inappropriate assault lawsuit against Tyler Perry.
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Mario Rodriguez, the person who has accused Perry of inappropriate assault and inappropriate battery, has responded following newly surfaced textual content messages between the pair.
“I would like to briefly reply to what’s being said about me proper now,” Rodriguez started in a assertion obtained by PEOPLE. “People are pointing to messages where I was polite, grateful, or vulnerable — and trying to use that to discredit me.”
The model filed a lawsuit against the filmmaker on Dec. 25, alleging that Perry assaulted him and made undesirable inappropriate advances while promising him performing roles.
He continued, “When someone has influence over your career, your income, your future, you don’t feel free. Survivors often stay cordial. They often ask for help when they feel desperate.”
“That does not mean abuse didn’t happen,” Mario insisted. “Those text messages were sent to Perry at a time when I was especially vulnerable as can be seen from the context. Continued financial support and access are not inconsistent with abuse—they are often part of the power dynamics that follow it.”
Rodriguez, who appeared in a minor position in Perry’s 2016 film Boo! A Madea Halloween, is now searching for $77 million in damages. Perry’s attorney Alex Spiro told PEOPLE when the go well with was filed that it’s “nothing but a 77 million dollar money grab scam.”
Now, newly surfaced textual content messages show that Rodriguez referred to Perry as a “friend” over Thanksgiving 2024, talking about his health and financial points to the filmmaker just months before submitting his lawsuit.
“Just know that I love you and I thank you for everything. I appreciate you to the moon,” one of Rodriguez’s alleged texts to Perry read. “You got my Mexican ass out of a lot of bad places and I just wanna tell you thank you.”
“I can’t buy you anything, but I just wanna tell you that your boy right here appreciates you more than anything,” Rodriguez’s alleged textual content read. “Straight from my heart bro nothing I wouldn’t do for you man anyways enjoy your time and I hope I see you again soon.”
Rodriguez went on to say in his assertion concerning the textual content messages: “In many conditions involving exploitation, money can perform as a means to handle guilt, keep away from battle, or keep silence. The existence of financial help doesn’t disprove hurt. It is fully constant with the complicated realities survivors face after abuse.”
According to experiences from Page Six, Rodriguez allegedly contacted Perry back in August to say he was struggling financially amid unspecified health points before asking for money.
“Brother haven’t been feeling ok confused and lil nauseous I got blood work thinks its my teeth 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,” Rodriguez allegedly texted Perry on Aug. 31.
He allegedly went on to admit he was “scared af,” saying he didn’t need to “get sepsis like [his] dad and pass away…feel sick most days never told anybody this but my mom and everybody is starting to notice my broke ass. Don’t have insurance. i’d never lie to you, but I think that’s what wrong.”
“I just can’t go to the doctor because l can’t even afford it. I don’t want anything. I just wanna be OK. scared brother,” he concluded, per the outlet. It’s unclear if Perry responded.
Rodriguez is being represented by attorney Jonathan J. Delshad, who represented Derek Dixon, another actor who made comparable allegations against Perry in June 2025. Perry has also denied those claims.
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