Ruby Rose Wrote About Drunkenly Vomiting on Katy Perry’s Foot in Resurfaced Essay 15 Years Before Sexual Assault Allegation

Ruby Rose wrote about vomiting on Katy Perry during a night out in a 2011 essay that’s been resurfaced after her recent allegations.

In a series of Threads posts on Sunday, April 12, Rose, 40, alleged that Perry, 41, sexually assaulted her at a nightclub in Australia when she was in her early 20s, which a rep for Perry strongly denied.

Detailing the alleged incident, Rose, an Australian model-actress known for shows like Orange Is the New Black, claimed Perry “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 vomitted on her.”

Perry’s rep said in an April 13 statement, “The allegations being circulated on social media by Ruby Rose about Katy Perry are not only categorically false, they are dangerous, reckless lies.”

A newly resurfaced essay written by Rose in 2011 for the Australian news outlet news.com.au about her sobriety appears to reflect on the same encounter.

“I had been off the grog for 30 days — my first attempt at sobriety — and I was out partying with Katy,” Rose wrote at the time, adding, “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 10, and then vomiting on Katy’s foot was the answer.”

Rose also wrote in the essay that the evening played a part in inspiring her to stop drinking at the time.

“The short answer: I threw up on Katy Perry. And that’s one of the reasons I’ve been off the grog now for almost 90 days,” she wrote. “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.”

In her recent Threads posts, Rose told her followers that it “has taken almost 2 decades to say this publicly,” and “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.”

She stood by her public claims, adding in another post that 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).”

On Wednesday, April 15, Victoria Police confirmed to Australian outlets The Sydney Morning Herald and the Herald Sun that they are investigating a historical sexual assault that occurred in Melbourne in 2010, after Rose said she filed a report.

“As of this afternoon, I have finalized all of my reports,” Rose wrote on Threads Tuesday, April 14. “This means I am no longer able to comment, repost, or talk publicly about any of those cases, or the individuals involved. It’s going to look like I am ignoring everything from supportive messages, to other people’s experiences, but I’m not. This is a standard request from the police and in many ways, quite the relief. I can start the healing process now. And temporary move forward. I love you all so much.”

The ex-manager of the Spice Market nightclub in Melbourne did an interview with the Herald Sun, according to Rolling Stone Australia on Tuesday, April 14, and shared more about the night of the alleged assault in August 2010.

“They came in together,” the ex-manager claimed, adding that they were “having drinks and stuff, but were mainly in there doing their own thing. I wasn’t aware of any alleged assault or someone vomiting.” The ex-manager also alleged that “both had way too much to drink,” so “to avoid people taking photos of them in a state, we organized a car and driver to be waiting outside….”

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.