Tyler Perry is done entertaining what he calls a “baseless” and “outlandish” $77 million sexual‑harassment lawsuit filed against him last year by model and actor Mario Rodriguez.
According to new court filings obtained by TMZ, Perry is asking a judge to dismiss the case outright — and he’s not mincing words. The documents claim Rodriguez repeatedly leaned on Perry for money after landing what Perry describes as “a very minor role in a single film,” turning the filmmaker into his personal ATM for car repairs, rent, medical bills and other expenses.
Perry alleges that once he stopped footing those bills, Rodriguez retaliated by inventing a story about a nonconsensual relationship — a narrative Perry says has “no basis in fact or law.”
The filmmaker wants the lawsuit tossed and for Rodriguez to walk away with nothing.