Some even argued that Napoles' dance at the gay night club is not much different than having an 11-year-old girl dance in a men's cabaret club. In early November, Desmond Napoles was in the national spotlight when he was featured on ABC’s “ Good Morning America,” where he dressed as a woman as he danced down the red carpet before being interviewed.Īfter his dance at the 3 Dollar Bill gay club in Brooklyn last year was criticized by conservative media, Wendy Napoles defended her decision to allow her son to dance at the gay club and collect tips.Ĭritics had accused her son of essentially stripping at a gay night club. Anyone who knows us or met us can attest to that.” “All of this because we allow Desmond to be himself & do what he loves. Desmond has extra security measures in place at his school,” the mother explained. The mother said that she and her family are victimized by “hate crimes and death threats” perpetrated by “concerned citizens.” Additionally, she said that the family has been stalked. “No regulations for child performers were broken. “No abuse or maltreatment was found,” she wrote. Napoles added that she was also investigated by the NYPD, the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Child Advocacy Center, the Department of Labor and the district attorney’s office.
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On the plus side, ACS has been offering us many support services.” So many ACS resources could have gone to families that needed help. “Currently, we send screenshots of anyone encouraging others or admitting to contacting ACS to ACS to keep in our file,” she explained. I never thought I would have to breach my own privacy & confidentiality to provide proof that has been demanded of us out of malice.”Īfter a thorough investigation filled with announced and unannounced visits by the agency, Napoles said that investigators found that all allegations were “unfounded.” “We have been under a microscope since early December.
Which we have & we do not have anything to hide,” Napoles wrote. “Recently a YouTube video was made stating that we should allow ACS (CPS) to investigate if we have nothing to hide. Their case even got the attention of the governor’s office. She stated that she was “backed into a corner” and had to defend herself after reports were received by authorities.
"This means that CPs did not find believable proof (credible evidence) that a child was abused or maltreated." "The report was determined to be 'unfounded,'" a letter from Sheila McBain, director of the statewide central register of the New York Office of Children and Family Services reads.
In her post, she explained that she had been accused of child abuse, “exploitation, and maltreatment.” On Sunday, the mother posted a picture to social media showing a letter from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. She and Desmond's father, Andrew, were the subjects of over 150 complaints to authorities after their son was seen in a viral video dancing in a gay bar in New York City last December while dressed in girl’s makeup, a blonde wig, high heels and a crop top. Wendy Napoles, the mother of 11-year-old Desmond Napoles (known by his stage name “Desmond is Amazing”), went on her son’s Instagram page this week to inform followers that she is no longer under investigation by the state of New York for child abuse. The mother of an “androgynous" gay drag kid who was videoed dancing in a gay bar before a crowd of men throwing dollar bills at him says she has been cleared of wrongdoing by child services. Child drag star Desmond Napoles, whose stage name is Desmond is Amazing, poses in this 2018 video.