Tyler Perry, Stalker: Joshua Sole Arrested For Breaking Into Studios, Perry Sues


Tyler Perry, best known for Temptation and House Of Payne, is suing a man who is accused of stalking him. According to the latest report by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Tyler Perry is asking the judge for an order of protection against Tyler Perry Studios employee Joshua Sole.

According to court documents, Joshua Sole has repeatedly tried to make contact with Perry. The latest incident alarmed the Madea star after Sole broke into the Tyler Perry Studios and refused to leave the premises.

Law enforcement officials were called to the scene of Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, where they made contact with an African American male. A security guard at the scene alerted police that the man inside was Joshua Sole, a former employee who no longer had permission to be on the premises. Fulton County Police learned that the strange man, who had insisted on speaking with Tyler Perry, had shut down the power, the surveillance video system and the alarm system.

Police tried to convince Sole to come out, but he stayed inside the building for several hours before he was finally arrested and charged with criminal trespassing. He was transported to the Fulton County Jail.

The incident occurred on Thursday evening at around 6 p.m., according to Madame Noire. Witnesses say that before the scary incident, Joshua Sole had acted “weird.” Tyler Perry is asking the judge for $100,000, plus an additional $25,000 in lawyer fees. He also wants Sole to undergo a psychological examination. In 2009, Madea Goes To Jail actor and director Tyler Perry threatened to sue tax preparation company Mo’ Money Taxes for parodying his work. New Orleans, Louisiana native Tyler Perry’s net worth is estimated to be around $400 million.

About the stalker, Tyler Perry claims that he does not know the man at all, and that he was not a fired employee as it was speculated. Here is the statement Tyler Perry made regarding the stalker, according to Eurweb.

“This young man wasn’t fired and didn’t get into it with anyone at the studio. He just decided that he wanted to meet me. So he came up to the executive office.() Somehow the power to the restricted doors was turned off (my security team thinks this was deliberately done) and this employee came up to the executive office saying that he wanted to meet me. The accountant that he said this to was scared by it, so she called security. In the 15 seconds that it took for them to get upstairs to look for him, he seemed to have vanished.”

Tyler Perry Studios was established in 2006 in Atlanta. Inquisitr previously reported that President Obama helped Tyler Perry to stop drinking.

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