Whitey Ford
03-20-2024, 02:45 AM
‘Drag Race' Star Shangela Accused of Multiple Sexual Assaults
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Five members of the LGBTQ community are leveling accusations of sexual assault or coercion against drag performer Shangela, who settled a previous rape case that allegedly took place on the set of an HBO series through mediation in February.
In a Rolling Stone article published on Monday, the five accusers recount alleged incidents in which Darius Jeremy Pierce, the man behind the drag persona who appeared in season two of Ru Paul's Drag Race and HBO's drag-centric show, We're Here, of assault or attempted to get them inebriated beyond the ability to give consent. All five told the magazine that they came forward after HBO production assistant Daniel McGarrigle filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing Pierce of drugging and raping him after a 2020 wrap party; the case was settled in mediation after a judge tossed two of the charges. Pierce vehemently denied the allegation, saying it "has no basis in fact or in law."
One of Pierce's accusers, a 27-year-old named Helmer, decided to file a police report in Los Angeles in 2023 regarding the alleged assault. Helmer says he was 20 when he met Pierce in Los Angeles in 2017 and recalls "waking up completely naked on a bed and believed to be at Pierce's residence" after the two met for dinner and the drag star bought him a mojito.
"[Helmer] asked Pierce what happened last night and why he was naked," the complaint read, according to the report. "Pierce responded with, ‘We had sex, and there was another guy involved that you brought in.' [Helmer] asked who that other guy was, and Pierce stated he did not know, ‘but you were really into it.'"
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Five members of the LGBTQ community are leveling accusations of sexual assault or coercion against drag performer Shangela, who settled a previous rape case that allegedly took place on the set of an HBO series through mediation in February.
In a Rolling Stone article published on Monday, the five accusers recount alleged incidents in which Darius Jeremy Pierce, the man behind the drag persona who appeared in season two of Ru Paul's Drag Race and HBO's drag-centric show, We're Here, of assault or attempted to get them inebriated beyond the ability to give consent. All five told the magazine that they came forward after HBO production assistant Daniel McGarrigle filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing Pierce of drugging and raping him after a 2020 wrap party; the case was settled in mediation after a judge tossed two of the charges. Pierce vehemently denied the allegation, saying it "has no basis in fact or in law."
One of Pierce's accusers, a 27-year-old named Helmer, decided to file a police report in Los Angeles in 2023 regarding the alleged assault. Helmer says he was 20 when he met Pierce in Los Angeles in 2017 and recalls "waking up completely naked on a bed and believed to be at Pierce's residence" after the two met for dinner and the drag star bought him a mojito.
"[Helmer] asked Pierce what happened last night and why he was naked," the complaint read, according to the report. "Pierce responded with, ‘We had sex, and there was another guy involved that you brought in.' [Helmer] asked who that other guy was, and Pierce stated he did not know, ‘but you were really into it.'"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/drag-race-star-shangela-accused-of-multiple-sexual-assaults/ar-BB1k7yOP?cvid=e56fc9d5ce6043c08bf38c7ed4d30465&ei=37