Model's allegations against Katy Perry resurface amid sexual assault accusations
What's the story
The ongoing controversy surrounding pop star Katy Perry has taken a new turn with the resurfacing of an older allegation by male model Josh Kloss. In 2019, Kloss, who appeared in Perry's Teenage Dream music video, alleged that the singer exposed him by pulling down his pants at a birthday party for Johnny Wujek in 2012. These allegations have come to light again amid Ruby Rose's recent sexual assault claims against Perry and an ongoing police investigation into these allegations.
Allegations
Kloss had revealed feeling 'pathetic and embarrassed'
According to OK! Magazine, Kloss had taken to Instagram to detail the alleged incident, saying, "When I saw her, we hugged, and she was still my crush." "But as I turned to introduce my friend, she pulled my Adidas sweats and underwear out as far as she could to show a couple of her guy friends and the crowd around us my p----." He added that he felt "pathetic and embarrassed."
Victim's experience
He claimed that he was 'lorded over' by her reps
Kloss said, "I just say this now because our culture is set on proving men of power are perverse. But females with power are just disgusting." He further alleged that he was "lorded over by her reps about not discussing a single thing about anything regarding Katy publicly." He even claimed that her team "edited and answered" interview questions for him. He described working with Perry as one of the "most confusing, assaulting, and belittling jobs" he'd ever done.
New allegations
Meanwhile, here's what we know about Rose's allegations
The primary controversy stems from Rose's allegations that Perry sexually assaulted her during a night out at a Spice Market nightclub in Melbourne in 2010. The claim, which Rose initially shared publicly before taking it to authorities, has prompted a formal police investigation in Australia. Perry has strongly denied the allegations through her representatives, calling them "not only categorically false," but "dangerous, reckless lies."