Katy Perry has denied a sexual assault allegation made by actress Ruby Rose.
Rose took to Threads on Sunday to accuse the pop star of assaulting her in a nightclub nearly 20 years ago.
The Australian actress wrote in response to a comment about the singer’s presence at Coachella: “Katy Perry sexually assaulted me in a nightclub in the Spice Market in Melbourne.” “I was only in my early 20s. I’m 40 now. It’s taken me almost two decades to say it publicly… I told the story publicly but changed it to ‘Funny little drunk story’ because I didn’t know how to handle it. Later she agreed to help me get a US visa. So I kept it secret. But I told everyone she wasn’t a good person. Instead, I was attacked by everyone.”
One fan asked, referring to Perry’s 2008 song “I Kissed a Girl,” “You kissed a girl and you didn’t like it?”
“She didn’t kiss me. She saw me ‘resting’ on my best friend’s lap to avoid her and she bent over, pulled her underwear to the side and rubbed her disgusting cunt on my face until my eyes opened and I threw up on her… I’m not interested in filing a complaint,” Rose replied. [police] I report this, not when I haven’t even filed a report on the numerous rapes at the hands of adult men. But she is more than welcome to sue me (she won’t, because it happened, I have photos and they were literally public and witnessed by multiple people). Plus, there’s a lot that happened in the years leading up to her silly song that she doesn’t want me to discuss. “The psychological manipulation was strong with that person.”
Rose later added, without elaborating, “I just left the police station.”
A representative for Katy Perry issued the following statement in response: “The allegations being circulated on social media by Ruby Rose about Katy Perry are not only categorically false, they are dangerous reckless lies. Ms. Rose has a well-documented history of making serious public allegations on social media against various individuals, allegations that have been repeatedly denied by the individuals named.”
Rose’s comments began with a comment about Perry attending Coachella over the weekend with her partner, Justin Trudeau.
Rose had her breakout role in the Netflix series Orange is the new black She also had roles in 2018 Meg And 2017 John Wick: Chapter 2.
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