Known as the drag queen shangelaone of the stars of the reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race, Darius Jeremy Pierce42-year-old was accused of raping a former production assistant a HBO extensionaccording to a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Los Angeles, United States, on Wednesday, 4.

According to Page Six, daniel mcgarrigle, 39, said he was caught after a drunken night at a party in mid-January 2020. In the file, he said the act took place in a hotel room in Louisiana. The producer also claims that the drag queen gave him five shots and two full drinks at the team party, before inviting him to a hotel to help him pack for a flight the next day.

Also according to the trial, Daniel became ill from alcohol and ended up vomiting in the hotel room where he was staying with Darius, who suggested he stay put. After sleeping, dressed, he guarantees, the attack would have occurred. The producer stated that she yelled “no” and tried to stop Darius’ advances, but he confessed that he “feels extremely weak” to take action.

For three years, Daniel McGarrigle remained silent and did not report the sexual assault to justice or the show’s production because he was afraid of losing his job. He “tried to maintain a cordial relationship with Pierce” before stepping down in 2021.

The artist regrets the lawsuit

Darius Pierce has denied the allegations. “I cannot explain how hurt and disgusted I am by these totally false allegations. This new lawsuit is nothing more than an attempt to undermine both myself and a reputable television company. No one should be deceived: it has no basis in fact or right and it won’t be successful,” he said in an interview with Deadline.

In the lawsuit, the producer seeks unspecified damages for sexual assault, sexual harassment, false incarceration, gender-based assault and negligence from the artist, as well as the producer of the reality show, Buckingham Television.

A program representative They were here, of HBO, said in a statement shared with Deadline that Buckingham and HBO take the safety and well-being of their employees very seriously. “Buckingham immediately launched an investigation (when the incident was reported to them in July 2021),” she said.

It was in 2009 that Darius Pierce joined the cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race as Shangela, during the second season of the reality show. She was eliminated in the first episode and then returned in the third season, where she made it to the top five, becoming a famous drag queen.

Pierce became the co-host of We’re Here in 2020, together eureka AND Bob the Drag Queenboth reality stars of Mom Ru.

Source: Terra