Nationwide — Essie Berry, nationally revered victims advocate and widow of TV legend Fred “Rerun” Berry, is asking out Tyler Perry Studios and its Vice President Mark Swinton for what she says is a focused effort to intimidate, silence, and emotionally harm famend media persona and journalist Storm Monroe.
Monroe, recognized globally for his brave reporting and dedication to giving victims a platform, on YouTube just lately coated a rape allegation involving an worker of Tyler Perry Studios—an incident additionally reported by greater than 30 different media retailers. Nonetheless, Monroe was uniquely singled out, receiving threatening authorized correspondence and, throughout a stay YouTube broadcast on August 11, 2025, a textual content message that triggered a extreme emotional breakdown, anxiousness assaults, and ongoing skilled hurt.
“Storm Monroe was threatened merely for giving somebody a voice. That isn’t solely unsuitable—it’s a violation of his rights,” stated Berry. “And I can’t stay silent whereas folks in energy use cash and attorneys to bully journalists like Storm Monroe into concern.
Authorized threats in opposition to Monroe have been reportedly delivered by legal professional Darrell D. Miller of Fox Rothschild LLP, on behalf of Tyler Perry Studios and/or Vice President Mark Swinton.
Storm Monroe voluntarily eliminated the contested content material as of August 7, 2025, but no related motion was taken in opposition to the handfuls of different retailers who coated the identical story.
Berry believes these actions represent:
• Intentional infliction of emotional misery (Civil Code § 1708.7)
• Suppression of free speech beneath shade of legislation (42 U.S.C. § 1983)
• Violation of the First Modification and California Press Protections
As a mandated reporter, Berry emphasizes that threatening somebody legally obligated to report abuse is just not solely unethical—it’s probably felony.
It has additionally come to gentle that the alleged rape sufferer reportedly acquired a settlement of over half one million {dollars} from Tyler Perry Studios or its representatives, Vice President Mark Swinton.
Berry feedback, “If there was nothing to cover, why pay out over $500,000 to a sufferer to any cheap individual—particularly to a sufferer, except you’re responsible? Storm Monroe, as a high journalist on YouTube, and Berry, as a victims advocate, say this sort of payout raises actual questions on whether or not one thing was being coated up. And silencing those that ask these questions solely makes it look worse.”
She continues, “Storm Monroe is a world-renowned mogul icon to hundreds of thousands. He has helped form conversations, uplift victims, and inform the tales others are afraid to share. No sum of money, fame, or authorized intimidation can erase his voice—or the Fact. Victims is not going to be silenced. They are going to be heard.”
Watch the YouTube Video:
Y’ALL… Tyler Perry Studios Despatched Me a CEASE & DESIST & I’m SPEAKING OUT!
For press inquiries, contact Essie Berry, Victims Advocate, at (747) 248-6433 or ship an e mail to advocate-essieberryinfo@gmail.com/ monroestorm59@gmail.com