Over the weekend, RuPaul’s Drag Race season 7 winner Violet Chachki posted to Twitter and Periscope that she’d been ejected from Le Dépôt, in Paris, for not presenting “masc” enough.
In a video Chachki took that later appeared on Facebook, we can see her arguing with staff over how the situation had been handled, claiming she’d been “physically dragged out.”
The venue, which operates as a dual club and sex club, was instantly targeted on social media by outraged fans.
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Now Le Dépôt is coming forward with its own version of events, claiming Chachki’s behavior, not her appearance, was the reason for 86ing her.
Here’s the statement they made:
“Le Dépôt has been a gay club for 19 years. It is a true institution of the Parisian nightlife that respects all the LGBTQ communities and in particular every gay individual, whether they chose to express their personality in a masculine, feminine or androgynous way. The club is a place where all the sexualities are respected.
Violet Chachki was indeed expelled from the club at 4:00 am following an unacceptable and inappropriate behavior inside the club with the other clients. Violet Chachki posted videos of the Cruising Sex space of Le Dépôt on her Instagram account when this is explicitly forbidden by the internal rules and regulations as she was reminded several times. She also tried to go downstairs with female clients when the space is just for male clients.
There never was any judgement about Chachki’s gender, looks, color of skin or overall appearance. He was welcomed inside without any discrimation just like all the other clients.
He wasn’t denied the access at the entrance; there was neither transphobia nor any discrimination towards him/her, just enforcement of the rules and regulations of the club.
Furthermore, Violet was very aggressive with the security staff, who stayed polite despite the insults, as you can see on the video. His excessive behavior disturbed the event.
The club promotes every campaign about the discriminations against LGBTQI people and has never been targeted by such a defamatory campaign. If necessary, the direction of the club is ready to take legal action.”
On Twitter, Violet posted that she’s “over it”:
Obviously I love the French and I love paris. There's good and bad people everywhere. I was upset- and rightfully so. What a drama. Over it
— Violet Chachki (@VioletChachki) October 2, 2017
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ChrisK
What a drama… that I created.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Oh noooo bitch, Not with the French shrug and “I’m over it” shit. You lied. You deserve to be dragged ..hopefully through a libel court!
Crystix
This response is perfect and makes me want to go to Paris. This club sounds FABULOUS!
Sam6969
It did not cross her mind that people in a cruising area may not want to be seen on the internet :)) What an entitled biatch :))
Sam6969
*instagram
bbg372
Le Dépôt respects “every gay individual, whether they chose to express their personality in a masculine, feminine, or androgynous way,” yet refers to Violet Chachki as “he,” “she,” and “him/her.”
Le Dépôt states that Violet Chachki was “expelled from the club [for] unacceptable and inappropriate behavior . . . with the other clients,” which is interestingly vague. If he behaved in a way that was unacceptable and inappropriate, then they should have no compunction about specifically naming that behavior as justification for his expulsion.
Le Dépôt goes on to mention that Violet Chachki “posted videos of the Cruising Sex space [to] her Instagram account,” which seems like a post hoc rationalization. Surely, the staff was not monitoring his Instagram account when the videos were posted, let alone when he was expelled from the club.
Le Dépôt also notes that Violet Chachki “was reminded several times” that doing so “is explicitly forbidden,” yet if this was the grounds for his expulsion, then they surely would have led with it.
I suspect Le Dépôt buried the lede, citing the real reason last, that Violet Chachki “tried to go downstairs with female clients when the space is just for male clients.”
Both Violet Chachki and her friend who were expelled from Le Dépôt are men who were presenting femme. The staff, the male clients, or both likely thought they were women trying to enter the male-only space, and got upset.
Le Dépôt carefully parses its words, noting that Violet Chachki “was not denied . . . entrance” and “there was [no] discrimination” toward him, but that is not what he alleges. The club itself acknowledges that it is open to women. The issue of contention is that he was expelled from the club for trying to access a male-only space, because he was not presenting typically male. This is supported by the number of times he is referred to as “she” in their own statement.
Le Dépôt then notes that Violet Chachki “was very aggressive with the security staff,” as a means to discredit him, when someone who is being unjustly ejected from a space he has every right to access would naturally be upset.
This entire thing reads like a bad deflection.
CaliKyle
The “inappropriate and unacceptable behavior” Le Depot’s statement referred to was the alleged recording of other patrons in the “cruising” area of the club. That much was made clear. Reading comprehension. It’s a thing. Get into it! Better than wasting time on silly hyperbole.
nephilim
I live in Paris and the whole gay scene has been buzzing with this story.
A few more informations that i learnt since then :
In top of filming patrons, Violet and his friends also made snarky comments at other patrons, knock on doors (of cabins), be rude to people and behave inappropriately as a whole up to the point that some patrons went to the staff and signal him for this; which led to him being ousted.
Which means that the Depot staff did not act from their own initiative but on request of other patrons.
this should bring a new light. i understand you want to defend your idol but sometimes, people just suck. especially people who think they are famous and have the right to do anything they want just because they have 15 minutes of fame in a reality show.
bbg372
No, CaliKylie, it is not clear. Le Dépôt does not state that Violet Chachki filmed anyone. They state that she filmed the space, and posted videos of the space to Instagram. Anyone who viewed the videos in question can attest there are no patrons in them. You inferred that she filmed other patrons. Reading comprehension, it is a thing.
Meanwhile, Le Dépôt states unequivocally that Violet Chachki was expelled for behaving inappropriately with the other clients. Surely, if she was expelled for filming the other clients, they would have said as much. Instead they are intentionally vague, to give themselves room to maneuver.
bbg372
nephilim, Violet Chachki does not have to be my idol for me to find that Le Dépôt is not telling the whole truth. That she was frustrating the other patrons as you describe has more of a ring of truth. It also more closely aligns with their stated reason for asking her to leave, which is that she was behaving inappropriately with the other clients. Le Dépôt would have done better to have been honest, than to pad its argument to make a stronger case. It makes the entire statement suspect.
ChrisK
@bbg372. How about this then. This 15 minute fame whore was creating drama by filming other patrons and annoying the shit out of everyone. Who cares how the club framed it. Effing kick out the bitch and her friends. No explanation is even necessary.
WilloSF
She was a mess, belligerent, self-improtant, and taking photos and videos where they were not allowed (evidenced by her own posts).
Gay people can support equality and diversity and still ask straight girls and bachelorette parties to GTFU out of gay/gay sex spaces without being hypocritical. Entering the men-only sex level presenting female disrespects the other patrons and the space. She was a look-loo, not a participant.
He BGB
She needs to apologize instead of being over it.
Jaxton
So this club Le Depot has cruising rooms downstairs, does it? I want French authorities to investigate whether this is legal in a licensed venue.
SpookyMcnuggets
Well, Inspector Clouseau, they posted about it on social media, so I suspect the cat is probably out of the bag.
Donston
This sounds like a club where inevitably a lot of messy drama goes down. And Violet sounds like the type of person who dives head first into messy drama. I’m over this situation.
Chris
Many European bars and clubs have completely dark rooms in their basements. Anything and everything goes in them. As in the case of saunas, these spaces are for men only and people are expected not to photograph anything that goes on. By posting stuff, Chachki quite clearly violated the club’s rules. Nuff said.
Jaxton
If the club broke the law by having sex on premises, it doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Sexual activity on licensed premises is illegal in many countries.
whatsaywhat
Violet follows in the footsteps of countless self-centered, immature American brats who go to France, do something obnoxious, get thrown out of a club for behaving like a complete asshole, and then snap into victim mode… and then blame the whole thing on “the French”
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