‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Star Shangela Accused of Rape by HBO Production Assistant

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Darius Jeremy “DJ” Pierce, aka Shangela, has been accused of rape. Daniel McGarrigle, a former manufacturing assistant on HBO’s We’re Right here has filed a lawsuit in opposition to the drag queen claiming that he assaulted him in the course of the filming of the primary season of the present in 2020.

The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom on Wednesday. McGarrigle is searching for undisclosed damages from Pierce and Buckingham Tv, the manufacturing firm behind the collection. The drag queen, however, has denied the allegations.

Shangela Accused of Rape by HBO Manufacturing Assistant

McGarrigle, 39, acknowledged that the incident occurred after a celebration in a resort room in Monroe, Louisiana in February 2020. He claims after just a few rounds of ingesting, he was requested by Pierce to affix him in his room to assist him pack for his early morning flight. McGarrigle was not feeling nicely and Pierce requested him to remain in his room till he felt higher.

The criticism says that when he awoke within the night, he discovered his pants had been pulled down. McGarrigle claims he ‘felt Pierce on the decrease half of his physique, rubbing his penis in opposition to his buttocks, making an attempt to insert himself into his anus.’

He tried to withstand, however felt ‘extraordinarily weak.’ the manufacturing assistant ‘didn’t instantly report the sexual assault to the authorities or to Buckingham TV’ as he was frightened of shedding his job. He finally resigned from the put up in 2021.

McGarrigle is now searching for damages for ‘previous and future medical bills, previous and future misplaced earnings and incomes capability, ache, struggling, emotional misery, psychological anguish, and embarrassment.’

Shangela Denies Allegations

Following the lawsuit, Pierce launched an announcement denying the allegations. The 42-year-old actuality star mentioned, “I can’t start to elucidate how damage and disgusted I’m by these completely unfaithful allegations. They’re personally offensive and perpetuate damaging stereotypes which might be dangerous not solely to me but additionally to my whole neighborhood.”

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“An exterior investigation into this embittered particular person’s claims beforehand concluded that they had been fully with out advantage. Nobody ought to be fooled: It has no foundation the truth is or in regulation, and it’ll not succeed.”

“As a hardworking and outspoken drag entertainer for greater than a decade, I do know that I’m removed from alone in battling ignorance, bigotry and prejudice, all of which performed a job within the submitting of this criticism. That’s the reason I’ll struggle this totally meritless lawsuit and never enable it to destroy me and people I like, or hurt the causes all of us stand for,” he continued.

HBO Releases Assertion

Producers Buckingham Tv and HBO have revealed that they did obtain a criticism relating to the incident in the summertime of 2021. “Buckingham Tv, the manufacturing firm for We’re Right here, acquired a criticism late summer time 2021 relating to an incident that was alleged to have occurred in early 2020.”

“Buckingham and HBO take the protection and well-being of personnel on our reveals very critically, and Buckingham instantly launched an investigation. The investigation concluded that there was inadequate proof to assist these allegations.”

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