Drag Race Holland winner Envy Peru in “shock” after violent attack
Envy Peru has revealed that she was the victim of a homophobic attack in Amsterdam. The star, who became the first queen to win Drag Race Holland, told her social media followers that the assault was a “wake up call that we still have a long way to go”. “I was attacked in broad daylight by 4 young men while on the bus in Amsterdam,” said Peru, who was “threatened with a weapon” while the assailants made “offensive slurs” towards her and filmed the incident. “Even when I tried to distance myself from the situation by moving away, they continued and kept trying to hit me.
As I tried to get away, what shocked me the most was that only one sweet lady stood up for me – in a whole bus full of people.” The perpetrators followed Peru off the bus, where “one of them ran towards me and kicked me to the floor”: “Four women stood up for me and scared the boys away and escorted me to where I needed to go.
I don’t know their names because I was in shock!” Peru then offered her gratitude to the women who helped her, before telling her followers that she’s “doing okay” besides “the shock”.
While she was “hesitant” to file a police report, due to her status in the public eye, she refuses to be silent as “a proud member of our community and Pride ambassador”. “These hate attacks need to stop!
