New information has come out in the latest sexual assault lawsuit against Tyler Perry. Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Mario Rodriguez, the man who has accused Perry of sexual assault and sexual battery, has responded following newly surfaced text messages between the pair. "I want to briefly respond to what's being said about me right now," Rodriguez began in a statement obtained by PEOPLE. "People are pointing to messages where I was polite, grateful, or vulnerable - and trying to use that to discredit me." The model filed a lawsuit against the filmmaker on Dec.