Australian Police Open Investigation Into Katy Perry Over Sexual Assault Claim She Calls Reckless Lies
Katy Perry spent months lecturing America about ICE and the "deep injustice" of immigration enforcement.
Now Australian police are investigating her for sexual assault.
The woman who demanded you contact your senator to defund ICE just found out what a formal investigation feels like – and the details are worse than you've heard.
Victoria Police Confirm Active Investigation Into 2010 Melbourne Incident
The Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team – SOCIT – confirmed this week that detectives are actively investigating a historical sexual assault allegedly committed at a licensed premises in Melbourne's CBD in 2010.
The investigation follows a public accusation from actress Ruby Rose, 40, who went public on Threads over the weekend.
Rose alleged that Perry sexually assaulted her at the Spice Market nightclub in Melbourne roughly 20 years ago, when Rose was in her early 20s.
She alleged that Perry approached her while she was resting, and committed a non-consensual sex act that left Rose physically ill.
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Rose said she had told the story publicly before – but reframed it as a "funny little drunk story" because she didn't know how to process what happened.
She also alleged that Perry later offered to help her obtain a U.S. visa, which she said kept her silent for years.
"I was only in my early 20s," Rose wrote on Threads. "It has taken almost 2 decades to say this publicly. 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."
By Tuesday, Rose confirmed she had finalized all official reports with law enforcement.
"This means I am no longer able to comment, repost, or talk publicly about any of those cases, or the individuals involved," she wrote.
Perry's Team Calls It Reckless Lies – But Police Are Investigating Anyway
A representative for Perry fired back immediately, calling the allegations "categorically false."
"The allegations being circulated on social media by Ruby Rose about Katy Perry are not only categorically false, they are dangerous, reckless lies," Perry's rep told Fox News Digital.
"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."
Perry said nothing publicly – but posted an Instagram story featuring her 2013 Prism track "By the Grace of God" with the caption "I love you."
Police in Victoria confirmed the investigation is ongoing and declined further comment.
In the state of Victoria, there is no statute of limitations on reporting a sexual offense – meaning the gap between the alleged 2010 incident and Tuesday's formal report does not disqualify the case.
Rose insisted she has photos and multiple eyewitnesses, and publicly invited Perry to sue her.
Perry's team has not responded to the police investigation.
The Pattern Behind the Headline
This isn't Ruby Rose's first time making explosive public accusations that came back around.
Warner Bros. Television fired her from Batwoman in 2020 – directly contradicting Rose's claim that she had left voluntarily.
"Despite the revisionist history that Ruby Rose is now sharing online," WBTV said at the time, "the truth is that Warner Bros. Television had decided not to exercise its option to engage Ruby for season two of Batwoman based on multiple complaints about workplace behavior."
Perry's team leaned on that history in its denial, flagging Rose's "well-documented" track record of public allegations subsequently denied by those named.
The pattern matters.
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But Perry seems to have her own.
Australian authorities don't open Sexual Offences and Child Abuse investigations because someone posted on social media. They open them because there is something to investigate.
Perry spent 2025 and early 2026 posting anti-ICE screeds to her 200 million Instagram followers, calling Trump's immigration enforcement a "deep injustice" and urging fans to call their senators to block ICE funding.
She wanted accountability for everyone else.
Now she's under formal investigation on another continent – and the agency she spent months attacking has nothing to do with it.
Sources:
- Christina Dugan Ramirez, "Katy Perry Under Police Investigation Over Ruby Rose's Sexual Assault Allegations," Fox News, April 15, 2026.
- Christina Dugan Ramirez, "Katy Perry Fights Back Against Ruby Rose's 'Categorically False' Sexual Assault Allegations," Fox News, April 13, 2026.
- Christina Dugan Ramirez, "Ruby Rose Says She Filed a Police Report Against Katy Perry Over Alleged Sexual Assault Two Decades Ago," Fox News, April 14, 2026.
- "Katy Perry Posts Anti-ICE Call-to-Action," The Daily Caller, January 26, 2026.
- "Ruby Rose Claims They Were Fired from Batwoman," The Hollywood Reporter, October 2021.
