S'pore woman, 19, made false rape claim after man, 43, refused to pay her S$1,200 for sex

A 19-year-old woman matched with a 43-year-old man on a sugar daddy dating platform and had consensual sex with him.

The man had agreed to pay her S$200 but she asked him to pay her S$1,200 after the deed.

The man refused, offering S$500 instead.

This angered the woman, who called the police to falsely report that she was raped.

Claris Ling Min Rui, now 20, pleaded guilty on Sep. 1 to a charge of giving false information to a public servant and another charge of threatening to report the victim to the police for rape, reported CNA.

Met on Sugarbook

The pair first met on Sugarbook, an online dating app touted for "sugar babies" and "sugar daddies" to "date and get paid".

They met for a date on Mar. 18, 2025, after the man agreed to pay Ling S$200 for "her time".

After getting drinks at a bar, they headed to a hotel where they had consensual sex.

Instead of the promised S$200, Ling asked the man to pay her S$1,200.

When Ling began scolding him, the man said he would pay S$500.

However, Ling was still not satisfied with this sum.

She then threatened to call the police to report that the man had raped her.

She proceeded to do so and later sent him a text saying: "You're f***ed."

The man was alarmed by this.

 Told police she was raped while drunk

Following Ling's police report, a police officer went down to the hotel where she claimed she had been raped while intoxicated.

At around 2am on Mar. 19, another officer arrived, and Ling repeated her account of the alleged assault.

However, after reviewing the hotel's closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage, the officers informed her that her version of events was not supported by the footage.

Around 10 minutes later, Ling admitted that she had fabricated the rape allegation because the man had refused to pay her S$1,200.

The defence asked for probation, saying it would be an "appropriate punishment" for Ling and adding that this has been a "very painful lesson she has learnt".

The judge called for a report to assess the woman's suitability for probation and adjourned sentencing.

For giving false information to a public servant, the woman could be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.

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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