Katy Perry has broken her social media silence by speaking out for the first time since her ex-husband Russell Brand was accused of rape and sexual assault.
Brand, 48, was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by four women who said the alleged incidents took place during the height of his fame, between 2006 and 2013.
Although Perry has remained silent about the allegations, she shared her first Instagram post since the allegations came to light on Tuesday.
Avoiding any mention of her ex Brand, Perry shared photos of her new line of cowboy boots, including a photo of her posing on a scooter.
The caption read: “Scootin n bootin,” as she kept a dignified silence on the matter, having previously admitted that she knew “the truth” about Brand.
Speak out: Katy Perry has broken her silence on social media by speaking out for the first time since her ex-husband Russell Brand was accused of rape and sexual assault.
Katy was seen in public for the first time since the allegations came to light on Sunday in Los Angeles.
She was spotted driving her Porsche with her fiancé Orlando Bloom seen heading to the gym earlier today.
Perry, who was married to Brand for 14 months, previously hinted at “guarding her truth” which she would keep locked in her safe “for a rainy day” during an interview with Vogue in 2013 which has recently resurfaced.
This is the first time Perry has been seen following the explosive allegations made against Brand in recent days.
She has remained silent on the matter until now, but questions were raised about how much she knew after a 2013 interview with Vogue resurfaced.
Perry first met the comedian in 2008 before the couple had a lavish wedding in India at the Ranthambore Tiger Sanctuary in Rajasthan in 2010.
Their marriage was to be short-lived, however, after Brand told the singer he wanted a divorce via text message the following year.
Speaking in the Vogue interview, the California Gurls singer said she initially took “a lot of responsibility” for the breakup with Brand until she “discovered the real truth.”
Speaking in the Vogue interview, the California Gurls singer said she initially took “a lot of responsibility” for the split until she “discovered the real truth”.
Perry said she would keep this “truth,” which she couldn’t “necessarily divulge,” locked away in her safe “for a rainy day.”
This sparked further speculation about what secret the singer was referring to after the divorce.
She said at the time: “He is a very intelligent man and I was in love with him when I married him.
“Let’s just say I haven’t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me on December 31, 2011.”
Perry added: “I felt very responsible for how that story ended, but then I discovered the real truth, which I can’t necessarily divulge because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day . I let go and said to myself: it’s not because of me; it’s beyond me. So I moved on.
The outing comes after British media outlets The Times and Sunday Times claimed “several women” had made undisclosed allegations about Brand’s behavior in the early 2000s, following their joint investigation with Channel 4. which was released on Saturday.
The maverick actor and stand-up comedian vigorously denied any wrongdoing and blamed the “mainstream media” for the “litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks.”
The latest allegations – which the newspaper said were not investigated but will now be “rigorously verified” – follow accusations from four women, including one who claims she was sexually assaulted by Brand at during a three-month relationship with him when she was 16. and still at school.
Brand, 48, was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by four women who said the alleged incidents took place during the height of his fame, between 2006 and 2013.
The BBC is now also facing “urgent questions” after it was claimed Brand used the car service provided by the corporation to pick the girl up from school.
The BBC and Channel 4 have launched internal investigations into separate accusations of predatory behavior by Brand towards staff and members of the public during the period of his employment.
Channel 4 has since removed all programs linked to Brand from its website, including episodes of The Great British Bake Off and Big Brother’s Big Mouth in which he featured, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Netflix has since been asked to remove its comedy special, titled Re:Birth, from its streaming catalog.
The BBC investigation was announced minutes before Scotland Yard piled on the pressure by announcing detectives would like to speak to the comedian’s alleged victims.
Among the complaints raised during the investigation were allegations from a woman, who said Brand raped her against the wall of his Los Angeles home.
Another woman claimed the comedian sexually assaulted her while she was working with him in Los Angeles and threatened legal action if she told anyone.
The third claimed she was sexually assaulted by Brand who she said was physically and emotionally abusive towards her.
The fourth woman, called Alice to protect her identity, said she was 16 when he strangled her during a sex act.
She alleges that he took her virginity, was “concerned” about her being “innocent and pure” and often called her “the child.”
Russell Brand took to his YouTube channel to “absolutely deny” what he called “serious allegations” ahead of a mysterious Channel 4 Dispatches investigation.
Alice described his behavior towards her as “grooming”, as Brand allegedly provided her with scripts on how to trick her parents into allowing him to visit. She also claimed he would send his “BBC car” to her secondary school to pick her up.
“The first time I used it, he told me it was booked to take him to his radio show, but he had a friend taking him instead, so I should use that car ” she told the Times.
She claimed the driver once took her from Brand’s home to her grandmother’s and that on another occasion the same car “came to pick me up from school.”
Alice added: “It was the same car… I knew it was a BBC car.”
The BBC did not initially commit to launching an investigation, but in the face of growing outcry it has since changed its position and a spokesperson said it was “urgently investigating these issues”.
In a statement, a BBC spokesperson said: “The documentary and associated reports contained serious allegations spanning several years.
“Russell Brand worked on BBC radio programs between 2006 and 2008 and we are urgently investigating the issues raised.”
Brand hit out at “aggressive” media claims by insisting that all the relationships he had “during his promiscuous period” were “consensual” in a 2 minute 45 second monologue to his 11 million fans of followers on X and 6.5 million subscribers on YouTube.
He accused news organizations of coordinating an attack on him, telling his supporters: “Is there another agenda at play?”
“Especially when we’ve already seen coordinated media attacks, like that of Joe Rogan, when he dared to take a drug that the mainstream media didn’t approve of, and we’ve seen a wave of headlines.