Actor and former 'RuPaul's Drag Race' contestant Shangela has been accused of multiple sexual assaults, including one that led to a police report.
breakthrough star. With her sharp-tongued retorts, viral catchphrases, and distinctive Southern accent, the gregarious Texas drag queen quickly rose to become one of’s most beloved former contestants. “ like ‘Angela’ with an ‘S-H,’” she explained on the show. “The debutantess of the Deep South.”
The allegations against the 43-year-old Pierce mirror elements laid out in a recently settled civil lawsuit against the drag star by a former colleague. “This case has been resolved, and the defendants and their counsel acted in good faith,” Daniel M. Gilleon, McGarrigle’s lawyer, tells. “As such, I feel it would be inappropriate to discuss this matter or its resolution. I don’t know anything about the new allegations, but I certainly recognize the courage it takes for a victim to come forward.
“I saw this young, sweet, scared, 20-year-old boy breaking down in front of me, and I was crushed for him,” Josh tellsabout Helmer’s first time opening up to him. Josh said he was proud of Helmer’s decision to file the police report. “ did this fucking scary thing in this scary sheriff’s station at night. It was the moment I the boy I hugged in my bed crying in 2017 a man who could stand in his truth and live past it with no shame.
“It’s not like I was in control of anything that was going on. It was very animalistic, taking advantage of someone” –Zein Checrireviewed Instagram conversations between Pierce and Ramirez. They met at a bar on Sept. 10 and discussed plans to hang out again on the evening of Sept. 11 into the early morning. , an internet blog space for celebrity culture and analysis, to describe his night.
“So ur going to bed or r we hanging out,” Pierce, who was 37 at the time, asked Ramirez in a text at 4 a.m. on Sept. 17. Ramirez responded, “Lol hanging out where!! It’s 4am haha.” Ramirez tellswith three witness statements that could “attest that Mr. Pierce and Mr. Ramirez were never alone together” that night.
Checri said he met Pierce, then 37, while clubbing in London. Promoters invited Checri and Pierce to an event called “Hype Hop” — a weekly show at London’s Cirque le Soir nightclub – during Pierce’s birthday week. Checri alleges Pierce was buying rounds of drinks for a group of people, including Checri. Checri and Pierce confirmed that they both returned to Pierce’s hotel room at the Clermont London Hotel with a group of people.
“He told us about the night, and at first, he was excited. He was like, ‘I got to hang out with Shangela,’” one of Zachary’s friends, who was with him through part of the night, tells. The friend says he watched Pierce provide Zachary two shots after a night where they were already heavily drinking. “ was maybe 130 pounds at that point. He didn’t need a lot to get drunk. Anything after that was probably too much.
At first, Soliz claims everything seemed to be going well — so well that they told Pierce they wanted to become a drag queen one day. Pierce applied some makeup and gave Soliz a wig to try on. Soliz says they initially thought that it was a moment of budding friendship. “Mr. Pierce has no recollection of meeting RoyLee Soliz, nor does he recognize that individual’s name,” Brettler writes. “While Mr. Pierce does not necessarily dispute that he met with Mx. Soliz more than a decade ago, he adamantly denies ever engaging in nonconsensual sex of any kind with them, or anyone else.”
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