A newspaper column Ruby Rose wrote more than a decade ago has resurfaced after she alleged that Katy Perry sexually assaulted her — an allegation Perry has denied.
Rose, 40, said last weekend that the alleged incident took place at the Spice Market nightclub in Melbourne, Australia, in 2010.
“Katy Perry sexual assaulted me at spice market nightclub in Melbourne. Who gives a [damn] what she thinks,” Rose wrote about the ‘Roar’ singer in a lengthy Threads post.
She then added further details about what she claims happened that night.
“She saw me ‘resting’ on my best friends [sic] lap to avoid her and bent down, pulled her underwear to the side and rubbed her disgusting vagina on my face until my eyes snapped open and I projectile vomited on her.”
A year later, in 2011, Rose wrote a piece for the Herald Sun describing a night out in Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt.
In that column, she said she and Perry crashed a high school formal at the hotel before continuing to Spice Market, which is located inside the Grand Hyatt.
“I spectacularly lost dignity (and keys) one night not too long ago. Remember when Katy Perry and I crashed the year 12 formal? I don’t. I had been off the grog for 30 days – my first attempt at sobriety – and I was out partying with Katy,” the Orange Is The New Black star wrote.
“What I do remember thinking was: ‘I’ll have a drink tonight, I deserve one. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen?’ Well, not stopping at one drink, or ten, and then vomiting on Katy’s foot was the answer.”
In the same piece, Rose referenced being sick on Perry at one point, while also saying that ‘nothing horrific happened’.
“Before you jump to conclusions, nothing horrific happened, nor have I been hit with a DUI – but I just had enough, and it has been one of the best decisions of my life,” Rose added.
The owner of Spice Market has previously been quoted as saying Perry and Rose were ‘drunk’ that night, but not ‘paralytic’.
He also said he was not aware of any vomiting, nor of any alleged assault, connected to the evening.
A representative for Perry has denied Rose’s allegations and called them ‘reckless lies’.
“The allegations being circulated on social media by Ruby Rose about Katy Perry are not only categorically false, they are dangerous reckless lies,” they said in a statement.
“Ms. Rose has a well-documented history of making serious public allegations on social media against various individuals, claims that have repeatedly been denied by those named.”
After Rose filed a police report, Victoria Police confirmed to the Herald Sun that they are investigating what they described as ‘a historical sexual assault’ in Melbourne.
“Police have been told the incident occurred at a licensed premises in Melbourne’s CBD,” said officers from the Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse