Gender-fluid and lesbian actress Ruby Rose recently accused sexually fluid musician Katy Perry of sexually assaulting her at an Australian nightclub almost 20 years ago. Perry denied Rose’s accusation, and Rose said she’s not worried about Perry suing her over her claim.

Rose made her accusation on the social media platform Threads while commenting on an article about Perry’s reaction to singer Justin Bieber’s recent performance at the Coachella music festival in Indio, California, during which he played YouTube videos of himself.

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“Katy Perry sexual assaulted me at spice market nightclub in Melbourne. Who gives a s**t what she thinks,” Rose wrote on April 12, referring to the now-closed exotic upscale nightclub in the Australian capital.

“It has taken almost 2 decades to say this publicly,” she added, meaning that the alleged assault would’ve occurred when Rose, now 40, was in her 20s, them noted.

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“Though I am so grateful to have made it long enough to find my voice, it just shows how much of an impact trauma and sexual assault takes. Thank you for seeing me,” Rose added.

One commenter referenced Perry’s 2008 hit song “I Kissed a Girl” by writing, “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 va**na on my face until my eyes snapped open and I projectile vomitted [sic] on her.”

“After it I threw up on her, 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,” Rose added. 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. ”

When asked about the possibility of Perry suing her for her public claim, Rose wrote, “[Perry] is more than welcome to sue me (she won’t, because it happened, I have photos and it was literally in public and witnessed by multiple people).Plus there is so much more that happened in the years leading up to her silly song she won’t want me discussing. The psychological manipulation was strong with that one.”

In another post, Rose said she planned to go to “a police station to see if any of my experiences can be investigated,” adding, “I imagine they are past their statute of limitations, but all the more reason to try. I have a long list, it will probably take more out of me than I’m prepared for, but I will come back here to update others on the process, as soon as I am ready.”

The statute of limitations for sexual assault charges varies in each state and country. In Australia, there is no time limit for pressing such charges.

A few hours later, Rose wrote follow-up posts that said, “Just left the police station…. I did it.”

In a statement to the gossip website Page Six, one of Perry’s representatives said, “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.” 

The representative’s comment may refer to statements Rose made in October 2021 after she adrubptly left the titular role in the LGBTQ+-inclusive CW superhero action series Batwoman in 2020.

Rose alleged that Warner Bros. TV Executive Peter Roth held a “toxic” environment, forced her back to work too soon after surgery, and accused him of inappropriate behavior; she accused co-star Dougray Scott of acting abusively on set, screaming at women, and causing a hostile environment; and accused showrunner Caroline Dries of neglecting safety on set.

Rose was injured on set while filming the series and had to get emergency surgery after an accident.

Warner Bros. TV called Rose’s allegations “revised history” and said she was actually fired following internal complaints about her own behavior. Scott also denied her claims, calling them “defamatory and damaging.”

Perry has a long history of LGBTQ+ activism. She dedicated the video for her 2010 self-expression anthem “Firework” to the It Gets Better Project, a video campaign to encourage LGBTQ+ youth to persevere in the face of hostility. In December 2012, the LGBTQ+ youth organization The Trevor Project gave her the Trevor Hero Award.

In 2017, the Human Rights Campaign gave her a National Equality Award for “using her powerful voice and international platform to speak out for LGBTQ equality.” She has also repeatedly spoken out in favor of marriage equality and thanked the LGBTQ+ community for its support.

Approximately 43.8% of lesbians have reported experiencing sexual abuse, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner, with 67.4% of them identifying the perpetrator as female, according to the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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