Tyler Perry's "Straw" nearly doubled its viewership in its second week on Netflix to score the biggest audience a Netflix movie has seen so far in 2025.

Actor, producer, director, and writer, Tyler Perry, is being accused of sexual assault by Derek Dixon, an actor who worked on the former’s BET political drama series, The Oval. TMZ was the first to deliver the news that will lock the pair in a legal battle after Dixon sued Perry for $260 million in damages.

A woman has criticised Tyler Perry's Netflix production Straw, calling it 'way too over the top' and saying it was a 'hard pass' for herShe said the film, starring Taraji P. Henson struggling as a single mother,