Ruby Rose shed light on a night she says changed the course of her life.
In a resurfaced 2011 essay written for Australian outlet news.com.au, the actress and model described a drunken night with Katy Perry that she now alleges was the night of a sexual assault.
“I had been off grog for 30 days, my first attempt at sobriety, and I was partying with Katy,” Rose recalled in the article.
“What I remember thinking was, ‘I’ll have a drink tonight, I deserve it. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen?'” he wrote.
He admitted that he relapsed that night and consumed “not one drink, not ten,” before vomiting on Perry’s foot.
Rose described the incident as a turning point, saying: “The short answer: I threw up on Katy Perry.
And that is one of the reasons why I have stopped taking grog for almost 90 days.”
He stressed that “nothing horrible happened” and that he had not faced a DUI.
At the time, she framed the incident as a “funny little drunk story” that inspired her to recommit to sobriety.
But in recent Threads posts, Rose alleged that Perry sexually assaulted her at Melbourne’s Spice Market nightclub.
“She didn’t kiss me. She saw me ‘resting’ on my best friend’s lap to avoid her and leaned over, pushed her to the side and rubbed her disgusting vagina on my face until my eyes flew open and I projectile vomited all over her,” Rose claimed.
She added that she kept the story a secret for years, even when Perry later helped her get a U.S. visa.
Perry’s representatives have strongly denied the allegations, calling them “categorically false” and “dangerous and reckless lies.”
They pointed to Rose’s history of making public accusations against several people, all of which have been denied.
Australian authorities have since confirmed that they are investigating a “historic sexual assault” that reportedly occurred in Melbourne in 2010.
Acting Sergeant Paul Hogan of Victoria Police said detectives from the Sexual Crimes and Child Abuse Investigation Team are reviewing the allegations.
A former club manager also spoke out, saying both women had “drank too much” that night and insisting he did not witness any assault or vomiting.
For Rose, the resurfaced essay and her recent posts highlight how long it has taken her to speak out.
“While I am so grateful to have lasted long enough to find my voice, this simply shows the impact that trauma and sexual assault have,” she wrote.
