Katy Perry is under investigation by Australian police following graphic sexual assault claims from Orange Is the New Black star Ruby Rose.
The Victoria Police have confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter: “Melbourne Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) detectives are investigating [an alleged] historical sexual assault that occurred in Melbourne in 2010. Police have been told the incident occurred at a licensed premises in Melbourne’s [Central Business District]. As the investigation remains ongoing, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.”
Earlier this week, Rose wrote online that she’d “just left the police station” after alleging on Threads that Perry sexually assaulted her at a nightclub in Melbourne some years ago.
On Sunday, the Australian Batgirl actress wrote in response to a comment about Perry being at Coachella: “I was only in my early 20s. I’m now 40. It has taken almost 2 decades to say this publicly … I told the story publicly but changed it to be a ‘funny little drunk story’ because I didn’t know how else to handle it. Later she agreed to help me get my US visa. So I kept it a secret. But I DID tell yall she wasn’t a good person. Instead I got attacked by.. everyone.”
After a fan, referencing Perry’s 2008 hit “I Kissed a Girl,” said: “She kissed a girl and you didn’t like it?” Rose responded: “She didn’t kiss me. She saw me ‘resting’ on my best friends 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.”
Rose initially said she was “not interested in filing a [police] report over this,” but said in a Tuesday Threads post that she’d “finalized all of my reports” and would no longer be able to “comment, repost, or talk publicly about any of those cases, or the individuals involved.”
The alleged offence was swiftly refuted by the popstar’s team on Monday. They called the claims “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. 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,” said a rep for Perry.
The Hollywood Reporter did not immediately hear back from reps for Perry or Rose about the police investigation on Wednesday.
