Claris Ling Min Rui made a false rape report after a payment disagreement with a man she met on Sugarbook, a sugar daddy dating platform.
False Rape Allegation Made Over Sugarbook Payment Dispute
The 19-year-old woman matched with a 43-year-old man on the app where “sugar babies” and “sugar daddies” can “date and get paid”. They began communicating on Telegram after connecting on the platform.
The pair agreed met for a date on 18 March 2025, after the man agreed to pay Ling S$200 for “her time”.
They went for dinner and drinks at a bar before heading to a hotel. The pair proceeded to have consensual sex.
After the encounter, Ling demanded S$1,200 from the man instead of the originally agreed S$200. The man refused her demand.
Ling began scolding the man over the payment amount. He offered to pay S$500 as a compromise.
Ling rejected this sum and remained unsatisfied with the offer. Past midnight on 19 March 2025, she threatened to call the police to report that the man had raped her.
She proceeded to make the false report to police. Ling then sent the man a text message saying: “You’re f***ed.”
The man was alarmed by her threats and actions.
Police Investigation Reveals Fabricated Claims Through CCTV Footage
A police officer responded to Ling’s report and went to the hotel where she claimed the assault occurred.
Ling told the officer she had been raped by the victim while in a state of intoxication.
Another police officer arrived at approximately 2:00AM on 19 March. Ling repeated her story about the alleged rape to this second officer.
The officers reviewed closed-circuit television footage from the hotel. The CCTV footage did not support Ling’s version of events.
The officers informed her that the footage contradicted her account. At approximately 2:10AM, about ten minutes after being confronted with the evidence, Ling admitted she had fabricated the rape allegation.
She confessed that she lied about being raped because the man refused to pay her S$1,200.
Court Proceedings and Potential Jail Time for False Information Charges
Ling, now 20, pleaded guilty on 1 September to two charges at the State Courts.
The first charge was for giving false information to a public servant. The second charge was for threatening to report the victim to the police for rape.
Defence lawyer Rohit Kumar Singh requested probation for his client. He said probation would be an “appropriate punishment” for Ling.
Singh added that this incident has been a “very painful lesson she has learnt”.
The judge called for a report to assess the woman’s suitability for probation. Sentencing was adjourned pending this assessment.
For giving false information to a public servant, Ling could face up to two years in jail, a fine, or both penalties. For using threatening words to cause alarm, she could be jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$5,000, or both.
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