Adore Delano (AKA Danny Noriega) has many wins under her belt, having appeared on American Idol, grown a massive fan base on RuPaul’s Drag Race, put out consistently great music and become the first drag queen to reach 1 million followers on Instagram.
But behind the scenes, a legal storm has been brewing for the performer–one that just got a lot worse.
In April of last year, we reported that Delano was suing her former management company, PEG, seeking $3.5 million for what she says amounted to fraud and theft.
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That drama has been playing itself out in court, most recently with a judge issuing a ‘default’ with no money awarded to either party.
(As we also noted, some subtle shade was filed in official court documents.)
Well now PEG has filed a separate suit, suing Delano for $180K in owed back fees.
Related: Adore Delano just got shaded for quitting “All-Stars 2” in an official court document
The company says they’re entitled to 20% of all the money Delano made from live appearances, YouTube videos, and merch.
They claim she’s made approximately $100K from YouTube and $800K from online merch sales.
Sounds like a complete and utter drag.
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He BGB
I like the old days when drag queens didn’t gave managers, agents and such. But then they weren’t making millions either.
silveroracle
Things have changed so much.
Such a shame it’s turned out bad.
Bob LaBlah
You were correct with your comment about how things have changed so much. I remember the days of Wigstock from the 1990’s. It was one big party that just faded away because of changing times. Lypsinka began to notice in the early 00’s her audience was just about gone and quit performing soon after. She decided to blame it on changing times (never mind the fact that the people who supported her show were finding it hard to connect to the people she used in her performance characters). Flotilla de Barge, another frustrated drag queen from yesteryear could sing but had a drug problem so bad just about every club in the Village banned her form appearing there. Many young people have never even heard of her but she was once a star. As for ol’ potty mouth, trailer park trash Lady Bunny, what else is there to say? Mistress Formica, Taboo, Jackie Beat, Gurlina, Sheena Damotion and all the rest of you I love all of you no matter where you guys are and hope your all ok.
jorgecruz
Advice for Drag Queens- worry less about getting a good manager and more about getting a good lawyer. If you can make money the managers will find you.
SiamSam
David Grant, you are hereby banned from the internet for using the most predictable drag pun ever.
alanballs
I wish Adore all the prosperity, love, happiness and success possible. She will prevail.
CanadianGuy62
“She” is a “he.” He is a drag queen, not a transsexual. Any lawsuits would be filed against “him,” not “her.”
DCguy
If they didn’t book her the YouTube gigs or set up the merchandising deal typically they don’t get a piece of it.