Actor Noel Clarke was criminally charged in the United Kingdom on Wednesday with six sexual offenses, and within hours, former co-star Ruby Rose came forward with her own allegation dating back to the set of their 2020 film.
Clarke faces two counts of sexual assault, three counts of voyeurism and one count of exposure, tied to alleged incidents involving five women between 2007 and 2016. Voyeurism under UK law covers secretly watching, photographing or filming someone without consent for sexual gratification.
Rose, who appeared alongside Clarke in “SAS: Rise of the Black Swan,” wrote on Threads that Clarke had preyed on a woman working on the production. She said she reported the behavior at the time but was told not to get involved and that no one followed up. She called the new charges a measure of justice after many women had come forward. Rose did not provide additional detail about the incident. Representatives for Clarke did not immediately respond to requests for comment on her claim.
Clarke played the lead role of Major Bisset in the 2021 thriller, which also starred Andy Serkis, Tom Hooper, Hannah John-Kamen and Sam Heughan.
Wednesday’s charges arrive five years after The Guardian published an investigation in which roughly 20 women accused Clarke of groping, inappropriate conduct and bullying, including allegations tied to his years on “Doctor Who.” Clarke denied the claims and sued the newspaper for libel, a case he lost in August 2025. Following that ruling, he maintained he was not the person portrayed in the reporting, while acknowledging he had never claimed to be perfect.
Clarke, who won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2009, built his career on the “Kidulthood,” “Adulthood” and “Brotherhood” film trilogy and played Mickey Smith on “Doctor Who” intermittently between 2005 and 2010. After the 2021 allegations surfaced, Britain’s film academy suspended his membership and rescinded a recent honor for his contribution to cinema, while broadcasters including Sky and ITV cut ties with projects tied to him.
Rose has made public allegations of sexual misconduct before, including a 2010 claim involving singer Katy Perry following an incident at a Melbourne nightclub. Perry’s representatives denied the claim at the time.
