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For immoderate royal experts, the soundlessness of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is deafening.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex haven’t fixed a nationalist connection aft Derek Dixon sued Tyler Perry for $260 million for alleged intersexual harassment, battle and retaliation. The complaint, which was filed connected June 13, showed the histrion accusing the filmmaker of creating "a coercive, sexually exploitative dynamic" situation portion filming "The Oval" and "Ruthless."
Fox News Digital reached retired to Archewell, which handles the offices of the duke and duchess, for comment. Perry, 55, is godfather to the couple’s daughter, Princess Lilibet, 4.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Tyler Perry astatine The Paley Gala Honoring Tyler Perry astatine Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel connected December 4, 2024, successful Los Angeles, California. (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)
"Instead of offering their stalwart enactment arsenic bully friends would who adjacent lived successful his home, this soundlessness is simply a wide objection of… a full deficiency of motivation courage," British royals adept Hilary Fordwich claimed to Fox News Digital.
"Their soundlessness to debar entanglement successful a scandal, particularly fixed their precarious lasting successful some Hollywood and royal circles, won’t look bully successful the agelong run," Fordwich warned.
Tyler Perry is being sued by histrion Derek Dixon for $260 cardinal for alleged intersexual assault, harassment and retaliation. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Netflix)
"Harry and Meghan are successful a lose-lose situation. Keeping their region has backfired either way. If Tyler Perry is exonerated, their deficiency of enactment volition beryllium seen arsenic a betrayal, further damaging their credibility among friends and imaginable allies alike. If allegations against Tyler Perry are proven, distancing themselves to support their marque volition inactive look opportunistic and ungrateful."
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped backmost arsenic elder royals successful 2020. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Matthew Boyd, an lawyer for Tyler Perry and TPS Production Services, LLC, antecedently shared a connection with Fox News Digital.
"This is an idiosyncratic who got adjacent to Tyler Perry for what present appears to beryllium thing much than mounting up a scam. But Tyler volition not beryllium shaken down and we are assured these fabricated claims of harassment volition fail," the connection read.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex settled successful California aft their royal exit. (Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Dixon claimed helium was sexually assaulted by Perry successful January 2020, months earlier the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped backmost arsenic elder royals and moved to California.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reside successful the wealthy, coastal metropolis of Montecito. (Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images)
In the 2022 Netflix docuseries, "Harry & Meghan," Perry spoke retired astir his adjacent relationship with the mates and however helium offered them refuge astatine his Los Angeles location wherever the household could consciousness harmless with their then-1-year-old lad Prince Archie aft their royal exit.
"You said, ‘Stay arsenic agelong arsenic you request to.’ We said, ‘Maybe we conscionable enactment forever,’" Harry, 40, told Perry, arsenic quoted by People magazine.
Meghan Markle inactive has a adjacent relationship with Tyler Perry. (Kola Sulaimon/Getty Images)
"Tyler Perry enactment himself retired determination and was 1 of the fewer A-listers who fiercely defended the Sussexes," Kinsey Schofield, big of the "To Di For Daily" podcast, told Fox News Digital. "To punctuation Prince Harry from his January 2023 interrogation with Anderson Cooper connected ‘60 Minutes,’ ‘Silence is betrayal.' I ideate Tyler Perry would admit immoderate backup astatine this point."
In Netflix's "Harry & Meghan," the mates spoke astir their "freedom flight" to America. (Netflix)
"Harry and Meghan’s soundlessness looks wholly self-serving," Schofield claimed.
"In the tribunal of nationalist opinion, agents and publicists often rally influential celebrities to propulsion their enactment down the accused successful bid to sway some media narratives and nationalist sentiment. It doesn’t substance whether you’re blameworthy oregon not. With the close spin, you tin proceed to enactment aft the fallout… If Harry and Meghan chose to get progressive and enactment Tyler, it could promote different nationalist figures to travel suit. I’m not saying it’s right, but it’s however the strategy works."
Tyler Perry reached retired to Meghan Markle pursuing her 2018 royal wedding. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
"I’ve worked with Tyler Perry," Schofield shared. "He struck maine arsenic kind. I anticipation these accusations aren’t existent — not conscionable for the involvement of my ain memories of Tyler, but for Harry and Meghan’s daughter, Lili, his goddaughter."
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"This is an idiosyncratic who got adjacent to Tyler Perry for what present appears to beryllium thing much than mounting up a scam. But Tyler volition not beryllium shaken down and we are assured these fabricated claims of harassment volition fail," work a connection from Matthew Boyd, an lawyer for Tyler Perry and TPS Production Services, LLC, sent to Fox News Digital. (Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)
According to "Harry & Meghan," Perry said helium archetypal got acquainted with Meghan, 43, aft helium sent her a missive up of her 2018 royal wedding. People mag reported that Perry told the erstwhile American histrion helium was praying for her amid the "hurtful" contention surrounding her strained narration with her father, erstwhile Hollywood lighting manager Thomas Markle.
Tyler Perry sympathized with Meghan Markle's strained narration with her father, Thomas Markle. (Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images)
"I couldn't adjacent ideate this pistillate uncovering the antheral that she loved, the antheral of her dreams, and him being a prince, and past to locomotion into each of that madness and request the information of household and past person your begetter bash immoderate horrible things," said Perry, arsenic quoted by the outlet. "When my beingness changed and occurrence started to come, household members became antithetic people, and I cognize however hurtful and horrible it tin be."
Perry noted that helium "immediately empathized" with Meghan.
Meghan Markle has been progressive connected societal media promoting her marque As Ever. (Robin L Marshall/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
"He stood by the mates with pivotal enactment and information erstwhile they were astatine their astir susceptible during their modulation from royal beingness to the U.S.," said Fordwich. "While determination are strategical reasons for their silence, it reflects poorly connected their wide character… Their ingratitude [appears to be] connected afloat show for different celebrities and the satellite to watch… Aren’t they expected to beryllium self-declared advocates for compassion and justice?"
In "Harry & Meghan," it was revealed that Meghan cried to Perry erstwhile she began to unfastened up astir however she was treated by the British media. Meghan and Harry cited the unbearable intrusions of the British property and a deficiency of enactment from the palace arsenic their reasons for their exit.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were joined successful 2018 and stock 2 children together, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)
"To archer Meghan that I felt her feelings were valid, [that] hurt," Perry said, arsenic quoted by People. "She was acrophobic of them destroying her, oregon going crazy, oregon them making her deliberation she was crazy."
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In the series, Meghan and Harry admitted they didn’t person anyplace to enactment successful California wherever they could consciousness harmless during the pandemic. It was Perry who stepped successful and opened his doors for them.
"It was bliss due to the fact that nary 1 knew we were there," said Harry.
"It’s a secret, truthful astatine slightest during COVID-19 we tin instrumentality the dogs for a locomotion and person a small portion of mean life," said Meghan.
Tyler Perry provided a harmless haven for Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their lad Prince Archie. (Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)
Schofield is adamant that the couple, Meghan successful particular, could usage their level to explicit words of enactment for her friend. Meghan, who relaunched her Instagram relationship successful January, has 3.9 cardinal followers.
"Harry and Meghan’s refusal to get progressive is intelligibly an enactment of self-preservation," said Schofield. "But with Meghan’s astir binge-like enactment connected societal media and the changeless promotion of her As Ever brand, their avoidance of the Perry ungraded feels amplified."
New episodes of Meghan Markle's manner bid connected Netflix, "With Love, Meghan," are dropping successful the fall. (Jake Rosenberg/Netflix © 2025)
"You tin station a four-year-old video of yourself [doing the ‘Baby Mama Dance’] but you can’t admit a person successful need? One who showed you truthful overmuch kindness that measuring it would beryllium impossible? A antheral who gave you a backstage plane, a luxury location and –—most importantly, an exit strategy?" Schofield argued.
Tyler Perry is the godfather of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter, Princess Lilibet. (Kadir Ilboga/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
"Tyler Perry says he’s guiltless — possibly helium is," said Schofield. "But the information that Harry and Meghan haven’t adjacent [told] the property that they basal by him is conscionable different illustration of the Sussexes’ all-about-me mindset."
In 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex purchased a $14.65 cardinal location successful the wealthy, coastal metropolis of Montecito.
In 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex purchased a $14.65 cardinal home. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)
According to the U.K.’s DailyMail, Perry posted a heartfelt day connection connected X to the duchess successful 2022 that read, "I’ve had a front-row spot successful your beingness for the past fewer years. I’ve watched you endure things that would person breached a batch of people. I’m truthful incredibly arrogant to spot however blessed you, your hubby and your kids are now."
Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Stephanie Nolasco covers amusement astatine Foxnews.com.
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