Darius Jeremy "DJ" Pierce, better known as RuPaul's Drag Race star Shangela, has been accused of multiple sexual assaults between 2012 to 2018 and this has left fans shocked.
Around five people have alleged that the RuPaul's Drag Race alum sexually assaulted them or attempted to have physical intimacy with them despite their being too inebriated to consent over a period of six years in Louisiana, Texas, California and the United Kingdom, per an investigation by Rolling Stone.
According to the reports, this happened five days after a lawsuit against Pierce, in which he was accused of rape and gender violence by former Drag Race production assistant Daniel McGarrigle, was dismissed “with prejudice,” reveals sources. In a letter sent to Rolling Stone, Pierce's lawyer Andrew Brettler denied all accusations of sexual assault. It had been calling the allegations “false and unsupported by any evidence or reliable witness testimony." When reached by PEOPLE, Brettler declined to comments.
It also reached out to Pierce's rep but was referred to his attorney. One of the alleged victims, a 27-year-old man identified only by his first name, Helmer, claimed that Pierce invited him to dinner in Los Angeles and ordered him a cocktail when he was only 20. Though Helmer informed Pierce he did not regularly drink that, he told Rolling Stone he continued to drink the cocktail out of respect for the drag queen and later woke up "completely naked on a bed and believed to be at Pierce’s residence.”
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