Widow Von’Du.Photo: Scott Roth/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
RuPaul’s Drag Racestar Widow Von’Du was arrested on Monday on charges of domestic violence.
A rep for the Kansas City Police Department tells PEOPLE they responded to a call on Saturday around 6 p.m. and “contacted the victim who reported an assault.”
Fry was charged with one count of domestic assault in the first-degree and three counts of domestic assault in the second-degree. She was released on Tuesday after posting $5,000 of her $50,000 bond, court records show.
No legal representation for Fry is listed. She did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Ray Fry.Jackson County Detention Center
The alleged victim told police that he was dragged across the floor, pushed into a bed frame rendering him unconscious, punched in his face four or five times, and strangled, the outlet reported.
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In aleaked videoof the arrest, Fry told police, “You’re taking me down because I was assaulted in my own apartment as someone else would not understand that his privilege does not extend to my apartment.”
“As a Black man, I’m being arrested for defending myself in my apartment,” theDrag Racestar alleged. “And just because his ass got beat up because he would not leave when I asked five times, I’m being arrested… instead of someone being arrested for violating me.”
An investigation is ongoing, a rep for the Kansas City Police Department tells PEOPLE.
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
source: people.com
