Katy Perry is facing a new wave of misconduct allegations, with Teenage dream Music video star Josh Kloss speaks in detail about an incident he says left him with “silent trauma”, as a separate police investigation into actress Ruby Rose’s accusations continues in Australia.
Kloss, 45, said Page six In an interview published on Friday, April 24, Perry allegedly pulled down her pants and underwear at a party in 2012, exposing her to other guests.
The couple had worked together on the 2010 film Teenage dream video, in which Kloss played his love interest, and he was invited to a birthday party for one of Perry’s associates two years later.
He alleges that when he greeted her outside the event with a friend, she contacted him and reported him without warning.
“What the hell are you doing?” he says he told her. “I panicked and she laughed.”
Kloss described the complexity of processing what happened.
“It’s a bit weird, isn’t it? When someone falls in love with you and then they reach out and grab you or do something to you, that can sometimes be considered, in my generation, as flirtatious as talking to you.”
He says he was then invited to an after-party under the assumption that Perry wanted to talk to him, but the conversation never happened.
He first spoke publicly about the alleged incident via Instagram in August 2019 and said he was met with disbelief and rejection, including suggestions that he should feel lucky.
“She, who I should be grateful for, devalued and degraded me to the highest level in front of her closest peers. Why should I be grateful to her?”
He said people in Perry’s inner circle accused him of making up the story.
“In public, what’s hardest is seeing people not believe [me]… We don’t believe the victims. I don’t consider myself a victim, but we don’t believe them.”
Perry did not directly respond to Kloss’ accusations during a 2020 interview. Tutor interview, instead saying, “We live in a world where anyone can say anything. I don’t comment on everything that’s said about me because if I chased that dragon, it would be about right and wrong my whole life.”
Kloss’ allegations come as Perry is already under scrutiny following accusations made by Orange is the new black actress Ruby Rose earlier this month.
Rose publicly claimed via Threads on April 11 that Perry sexually assaulted her at a Melbourne nightclub in 2010, describing a graphic incident.
Perry’s spokesperson strongly denied the allegations, calling them “categorically false” and “dangerous and reckless lies.”
Rose subsequently lodged a formal report and Victoria Police confirmed on 15 April that the Melbourne Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse Investigation Team was investigating a historic sexual assault at a licensed premises in Melbourne’s CBD in 2010.
Rose said she was no longer able to comment publicly on the matter after filing her reports.
Perry has remained quiet since the investigation was confirmed, but thanked fans for their support on April 14.
