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Australian actress Ruby Rose alleged in a post online on Sunday night that American singer Katy Perry sexually assaulted her at a night club 20 years ago.<\/p>\n
The Orange is The New Black star took to Instagram’s Threads app, writing that the alleged incident took place at Spice Market Night Club in Melbourne, “almost two decades ago.” Rose made the allegation in a comment<\/a> responding to a post from Complex Music about Perry’s reaction to Canadian singer Justin Bieber’s headlining Coachella set that night.<\/p>\n \u201cKaty Perry sexually assaulted me at spice market nightclub in Melbourne. Who gives a shit what she thinks,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n A representative for Perry denied the accusation.<\/p>\n \u201cThe allegations being circulated on social media by Ruby Rose about Katy Perry are not only categorically false; they are dangerous, reckless lies,” they told CBC News in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cMs. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n CBC News has reached out to Rose\u2019s representatives for comment but has not heard back yet. <\/p>\n Rose shares details in series of posts<\/p>\n In a series of posts, Rose, 40, said the alleged incident occurred when she was in her early 20s. She wrote<\/a>\u00a0that Perry “saw me ‘resting’ on my best friend’s 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.”<\/p>\n Rose added in another comment<\/a> that she has previously \u201ctold the story publicly but changed it to be a \u201cfunny little drunk story\u201d because I didn\u2019t know how else to handle it.\u201d She alleged that Perry later agreed to help<\/a> Rose get her U.S. visa, so she chose to keep it a secret.\u00a0<\/p>\n She said it took her<\/a> nearly two decades to share the allegation, and that she was “grateful to have made it long enough to find my voice.”<\/p>\n
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Katy Perry and her partner, former prime minister Justin Trudeau attend the Coachella music festival over the weekend. (@katyperry\/Instagram)<\/p>\n