Warning: The following post reports on allegations of sexual assault.
Mario Rodriguez, an actor who appeared in Boo! A Madea Halloween, has accused Tyler Perry of sexual assault, becoming the second person to file suit over sexual assault allegations against the filmmaker this year.
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