Drag Race star Shangela denies new sexual assault allegations

Shangela (Image: Instagram/@itsshangela)

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Shangela has denied fresh allegations of sexual assault, after adult film actor Eric Poff filed a lawsuit against the performer, whose real name is Darius ‘DJ’ Pierce.

On 24 February 2025, Poff, also known by his stage name Dakota Payne, filed a lawsuit in the New York County Supreme Court alleging that Pierce sexually assaulted him in October 2017 during the production of Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate in Manhattan, OUT reported.

According to the lawsuit, Poff claims that after consuming “one or two drinks” with Pierce at a bar, he lost consciousness and later awoke in a hotel room, where he alleges he was being sexually assaulted by an unknown man while Pierce observed.

Poff further asserts that Pierce then proceeded

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