Tyler Perry sues alleged stalker, who is an ex-employee

Tyler Perry is suing an ex-employee named
Joshua Sole, 27, (pictured right) for
trespassing and stalking him but some people
are twisting the story and saying the guy is
Tyler's ex, not true. Joshua, who is also a
model, went to Tyler's studio and refused to
leave until he spoke with the director.
From Atlanta Journal Constitution
A reputed stalker seems to have put a fright
into movie mogul Tyler Perry right before
Halloween. Perry filed for a protective order
Monday in Fulton County Superior Court
against Joshua Sole, 27, of Dunwoody, who
was booked into the county jail Friday for
criminal trespass at Tyler Perry Studios.
He's so fine...why are you stalking Tyler, come
stalk me....:-)
Sole is trying to intimidate him, Perry says in
the lawsuit.
Sole had tried to contact Perry Thursday with
no success, the lawsuit said. He apparently
was so determined to get a face-to-face with
the movie makerthat the lawsuit said he
disengaged the power to disable the alarms
and surveillance equipment at the studio in
southwest Atlanta.
Then he climbed into the studio through a
suspended ceiling, the lawsuit said.
Atlanta Police said they got a call about an
intruder at the Tyler Perry Studio about 6 p.m.
Thursday. When officers arrived, the head of
security said an “employee Joshua Sole has
been acting weird” and had barricaded himself
in a room where the administrative offices
were located, according to the incident report.

At the time, the security chief was puzzled by
how Sole had gained access to the room. It
took police more than four hours to get Sole
into custody. He was booked into Fulton
County jail Friday early Friday morning.
Perry is asking the court to ban Sole from
coming within 500 feet of him, and to compel
Sole to undergo psychological evaluation and
treatment as well as pay Perry at least $
100,000. The studio executive will let a jury
decide if he deserves more compensation, the
lawsuit said.
The lawsuit doesn’t say whether Perry fired
Sole or in what capacity he was employed.
Perry says he is entitled to the money because
of the “discomfort and annoyance caused by
the diminished value of peaceful enjoyment”
he gets from the property, according to the
lawsuit.
It is unclear why Sole wanted to talk to Perry.
Attempts to reach Sole were unsuccessful.
The lawsuit contends that Sole harassed Perry
by stalking him and “simple assault” — but
doesn’t go into details — when he trespassed
on the property. It also says Sole has been
“stubbornly litigious, or acted in bad faith, or
caused the plaintiff unnecessary trouble and
expense” without explanation.
Perry also wants $25,000 for attorney fees.
His lawyer Richard Gordon declined to
comment.
A Fulton County magistrate apparently didn’t
consider Sole dangerous. He was released on
a $7,000 signature bond — meaning he put up
nothing of value — the same day he was
jailed.
Perry, however, is trying to remedy that
outcome. The lawsuit asks the Superior Court
to require Sole to post a bond to ensure his
good behavior.