“RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Shangela has been accused of sexually assaulting five people in a new exposé published by Rolling Stone Monday.
Five people in the queer community accused the famous drag queen — whose real name is Darius Jeremy Pierce — of either sexually assaulting them or trying to have sex with them after becoming too intoxicated to consent.
The publication recounted the story of a 27-year-old man named Helmer, who claimed he was 20 when he met Pierce while working at a bar in Los Angeles in 2017.
After talking on social media, the two allegedly decided to meet up for a “late dinner” where Pierce “bought a ‘Mojito’” for Helmer.
Per the outlet, Helmer told the Los Angeles Police Department in a 2023 complaint that he “does not have any recollection of the events that occurred after he drank the Mojito.”
However, he claimed that he remembered “waking up completely naked on a bed and believed to be at Pierce’s residence.”
“[Helmer] asked Pierce what happened last night and why he was naked,” the complaint, which was obtained by Rolling Stone, read. “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.’”
Helmer admitted that it “took him a few days to realize that he was sexually assaulted,” and he was initially worried that he “did not have enough evidence” to report it.
However, after speaking to both his roommate and his current boyfriend –– who both confirmed the account to Rolling Stone –– Helmer filed a police report in 2023.
Pierce’s attorney, Andrew Brettler, called Helmer’s allegations “absurd” and claimed the two “went back to Mr. Pierce’s house where they engaged in consensual sex with a third man who they met at the bar.”
Brettler had no…
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