The drag queen Sherry Pie has fallen into a pit of unadulterated shame and disgrace.

Find out why below…

Sherry is portrayed by a man named Joey Gugliemelli who is accused of using the internet to prey on unsuspecting men.

The ‘Drag Race’ star is accused of pretending to be a casting director who was on the hunt for fresh-faced actors to lead a new project named ‘Bulk.’

Little did they know that the series did not exist, and that the tasks Guglimelli would ask them to complete to earn the non-existent  role were designed to exploit their naivety for his own twisted sexual gain.

Buzzfeed reports:

Josh Lillyman said Gugliemelli had him contact Allison Mossie using the email address alliemossie@gmail.com. In the emails between Lillyman and the account he thought belonged to Mossie, which Lillyman provided to BuzzFeed News, the young actor shared personal anecdotes about his life as part of his evidence that he was right for the role.

In the emails, Mossie told Lillyman to work with Gugliemelli to prepare for the audition. “He is fast and tends to know what I want and it should be easier for both parties as he is with you,” read one email supposedly from Mossie.

Together, Gugliemelli and Lillyman worked together practicing a monologue and recording audition tapes involving him reading from a supposed Bulk script. “He said the premise of the show is the guy gets bigger and bigger and bigger until he fills the whole room,” Lillyman said.

Gugliemelli spoke of a muscular bodysuit the young actor would supposedly be wearing in the show and how he needed to adopt a “big, strong, muscular” personality, Lillyman said.

The report adds…

As he prepared to shoot his final tape, Gugliemelli offered to come over to film Lillyman. The shoot lasted three to four hours, Lillyman said, as Gugliemelli continued to offer direction. According to Lillyman, Gugliemelli suggested eventually he take off his shirt, flex, and even strip down to his underpants in order to get into character. “He was trying to get me to go further,” said Lillyman. “He kept saying it’s not quite right.”

Then, Lillyman said, Gugliemelli suggested he go into the bathroom and masturbate in order to feel more macho. Reluctantly, Lillyman obliged. He was desperate for the part. Other actors had done more for less, he reasoned.

When he emerged, Gugliemelli suggested he do it again on camera. It was only the casting director who would see it, Lillyman thought. Again, he did as he was told.

Five men have stepped forward with similar allegations.

Joey released this statement on Facebook apologising to his victims shortly after the story broke.

This is Joey, I want to start by saying how sorry I am that I caused such trauma and pain and how horribly embarrassed and disgusted I am with myself. I know that the pain and hurt that I have caused will never go away and I know that what I did was wrong and truly cruel. Until being on RuPaul’s Drag Race, I never really understood how much my mental health and taking care of things meant. I learned on that show how important “loving yourself” is and I don’t think I have ever loved myself. I have been seeking help and receiving treatment since coming back to NYC. I truly apologize to everyone I have hurt with my actions. I also want to say how sorry I am to my sisters of season 12 and honestly the whole network and production company. All I can do is change the behavior and that starts with me and doing that work.

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