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The ex-manager of the nightclub where Ruby Rose claims Katy Perry sexually assaulted her nearly two decades ago is speaking out!
Over the weekend, the Orange is the New Black alum took to Threads to claim that when she was in her early 20s the pop star “pulled her underwear to the side and rubbed her disgusting v****a on my face” until she opened her eyes and “projectile” vomited while at Spice Market nightclub in Melbourne. Ruby also claimed there was “so much more that happened” in the years before Katy’s hit song I Kissed A Girl came out, though she did not share details afterward.
The now-40-year-old actress has since filed police reports against Katy, and the Dark Horse singer is currently under investigation by the Australian police. She vehemently denied the allegations via her rep, saying “they are dangerous reckless lies.” However, Ruby claims to have photos and multiple witnesses.
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One of those eyewitnesses does not include the former manager of the club, it seems! He claims he never saw or knew about an alleged assault that night. He told the Herald Sun on Tuesday that Ruby asked Katy to come to the venue earlier that night, and they mainly hung out in the VIP area known as the Genie Bottle:
“They came in together, they were also with Katy’s hair and make-up girl and another guy who was friends with Ruby. It was a security nightmare because there were 600 people there and Katy kept coming out and dancing with everybody and going right in the middle of the mosh pit.”
He claimed Katy and Ruby spent time in the cordoned-off area with pals, but never saw or heard about an alleged assault happening there or someone vomiting:
“They were in the Genie Bottle and having drinks and stuff but were mainly in there doing their own thing.”
Hmm. However, the manager said the stars were very intoxicated that night:
“They were drunk, they weren’t paralytic or anything and just like any other person drinking at a nightclub. But being conscious of them both being public figures, we didn’t want someone taking photos of them drunk like that. We always protected them as much as we could.”
Eventually, he alleged that management and a security guard had to help Katy and Ruby leave the club because they were too drunk. But he insisted they left on good terms:
“Both had way too much to drink. To avoid people taking photos of them in a state we organised a car and driver to be waiting outside the Collins St entrance of the hotel. We escorted them out the back and up the fire exit and put them in the car together. I think from there they went on to The Peel Hotel.”
Now, it’s important to note that just because one person didn’t witness an alleged sexual assault doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. But we do wonder if other witnesses will now come forward with their account of the evening.
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