Media mogul Tyler Perry is at the center of controversy after he was accused of sexual assault by one of the actors on his show The Oval. The actor, Derek Dixon, filed a $260 million lawsuit against Perry in Los Angeles Superior Court last month, and the more Dixon speaks out, the larger the story becomes. He recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about why he felt it was time to do so.But Perry isn't the only one facing claims of sexual assault. The senior vice president of scripted programming at Tyler Perry Studios, Mark E. Swinton, was accused of grooming and rape by actor Braxton Wells in a series of videos uploaded to Instagram. In his videos, he says that Perry knew about the assault and is complicit in helping cover it up.Dixon and Wells are not the first to accuse Perry of inappropriate behavior. In 2023, an actor named Christian Keyes, who worked on multiple projects for Perry, including Diary of a Mad Black Woman, alleged that he was the victim of sexual harassment at the hands of a "Black Hollywood billionaire" in an Instagram Live. Keyes did not say who, but many deduced that Perry was the person in question.Perry's attorney, Matthew Boyd, tells the Reporter that Dixon is an "individual who got close to Tyler Perry for what now appears to be nothing more than setting up a scam" and added, "Tyler will not be shaken down and we are confident these fabricated claims of harassment will fail."With the new allegations against Perry and Swinton, there's a lot to unpack, so we'll break them down for you. Here's everything you need to know about the allegations against the billionaire media mogul.December 2023: Christian Keyes accuses an unnamed "Black Hollywood billionaire" of sexual harassmentKeyes took to Instagram Live to share his experience with an influential Black figure in Hollywood, claiming that he faced years of sexual harassment by a beloved media mogul. He never says who the person is, but many connect the dots, given their work together on several projects, and assume he is referring to Perry. (@) June 2025: Derek Dixon files a $260 million lawsuit against Tyler PerryDixon's lawsuit against Perry is a watershed moment in the entertainment industry. The billionaire behind beloved IP has been in the public's good graces for decades, but things are on shaky ground after Dixon, an out gay man, tells his story. On June 13, the actor, who has appeared in more than 80 episodes of Perry's BET show The Oval, sued the influential billionaire for sexual harassment, sexual assault, and coercion. "Everyone deserves to go to work and do their job without their boss trying to have sex with them, Dixon tells the Reporter.In his lawsuit, he alleges that the media mogul made several unwanted 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," according to the Reporter. "Dixon has accused Perry of engaging in a pattern of exploiting male actors in his productions and using his power in the entertainment industry to harass employees."Dixon filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in June of 2024 and quit working on the last season of The Oval. When asked if he tried to settle the matter privately, Dixon tells THR, "There are always attempts to resolve situations like this privately, but they never result in the type of change necessary to protect further victims. At the end of the day, my absolute fear is that he will be able to continue doing this without any major consequences.July 2025: Actor Braxton Wells says Perry's SVP "groomed" and "raped" him, and that Perry was complicit in covering it upActor Wells uploads a series of videos, alleging he was a victim of sexual misconduct at the hands of Perry bigwig Swinton. He shares that he came forward with his allegations before Dixon's but says he was threatened with legal action to remove his original videos. See on Instagram In his video, he names those he finds complicit. "Im calling out Tyler Perry Studios. Im calling out Mark Swinton. Im calling out Genie Harrison. Im calling out Michael Roberts. Im calling out Tyler Perry. Im calling out Mark Temple. And Im calling out Chris Giovanni. See on Instagram Wells uploads a photo of Perry and Swinton together and writes the caption: "Mark E. Swinton, you groomed and raped me while I was under your influence, flying me from Los Angeles to Georgia under false pretenses. You abused your position as Vice President of Tyler Perry Studios a company that claims to stand for faith to commit unspeakable evil behind closed doors. To Perry, he says, "You built your empire on the image of a God-fearing man, yet when darkness crept in through your own executive, you chose silence. You retained a predator in your house and helped cover it up, protecting your brand over a broken human life." See on Instagram The actor also alleges, "You hid behind Hollywood politics, lawyers, and NDAs. You thought your money could bury truth. But no contract signed under duress, no manipulation by a corrupt attorney, and no celebrity circle will stop Yahwehs judgment.None of the people named in the accusations have made public statements about Wells's claims.