A lawyer for Sharon Needles categorically denied the claims, which include physical abuse and encouraging self-harm
Aaron Coady, stage name Sharon Needles. Photo: Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images After winning season four of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Sharon Needles allegedly abused an underage fan for years, per an investigation by The Daily Beast. A fan named Annecy recounted a number of allegations to the outlet, claiming that Needles, legal name Aaron Coady, had physically and sexually abused them and encouraged them to self-harm, among other claims.
Annecy said they got in touch with Needles over Vine in 2013 and began to develop a relationship over FaceTime and other social-media platforms, during which Annecy opened up about their self-harm and suicidal ideation, until April 2015. The Daily Beast included a video reportedly sent to Annecy corroborating the claims that Needles had encouraged self-harm.
Multiple other fans told The Daily Beast about Needles’s behavior during meet and greets, with one saying Needles had groped her and another saying he made a joke about eating disorders. Another former fan of Needles’s also said the drag queen had groped her. Many of the fans interviewed mentioned Needles’s past history of racism and using racial slurs, which has been previously documented, including by other Drag Race queens.
No former Drag Race queens spoke to The Daily Beast about Needles. Season six’s Joslyn Fox, though, had previously called Annecy’s 2020 social-media claims “heartbreaking” and “even harder to read when you know it’s true” on Twitter. After Annecy came forward about Needles’s alleged conduct on social media, season-ten winner and Needles’s former drag daughter, Aquaria, distanced herself from him. “I feel awful for anyone he has hurt,” Aquaria tweeted.
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