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Drag queen accused of rampant sex assault was fêted by Kamala Harris
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A celebrity drag performer being accused of serial sexual assault was previously fêted by Vice President Kamala Harris — becoming the first person to wear drag at an event at the official VP residence.
Shangela, of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” fame, was the focus of a damning Rolling Stone exposé this week with five accusers alleging sexual abuse — nearly a year after also being sued for rape.
The “A Star is Born” performer, born Darius Jeremy Pierce, has known Harris since at least 2019, when they posed together for a selfie when the now-VP was running to be president.
Shangela gushed about Harris being “a fierce ally” for the “LGBTQIA+ family,” saying, “I can for sure say I am proud to see a strong, intelligent, dedicated Black/Indian woman going after the Democratic nomination.”
Shangela, who only uses she/her pronouns while in drag, has been accused of either sexually assaulting five people in the queer community, or trying to have sex with them after they were too intoxicated to consent, Rolling Stone said.
The alleged incidences, involving men and non-binary accusers between the ages of 18 and 23, date back to 2012, several years after the now-42-year-old had risen to fame on the cable TV reality show.
Harris then invited Shangela to Pride to an event at the Naval Observatory in 2022, where the performer became the first ever to attend the official residency in drag, People Magazine reported at the time.
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