Since releasing her debut album in 1983, Madonna has rarely been out of the public eye — and she’s never stopped delivering floor-filling pop hits.
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After Kesha came forward with abuse allegations against Dr. Luke in 2014, the music producer fired back with a defamation lawsuit.
In court documents obtained by Us Weekly in October 2014, the “Blow” songstress detailed an alleged 2005 incident in which she woke up naked in Dr. Luke’s bed “sore and sick with no memory of how she got there” after the Kemosabe Records founder gave her what he allegedly described as “sober pills.”
Kesha claimed in the filing that Dr. Luke “threatened that if she ever mentioned the rape to anyone, he would shut her career down, take away all her publishing and recording rights, and otherwise destroy not only her life but her entire family’s lives as well.”
Dr. Luke filed a countersuit against Kesha that same day denying all of her allegations. His lawyer claimed in a statement to Us at the time that the pop star’s lawsuit was part “of a campaign of publishing outrageous and untrue statements.”
In August 2016, Kesha dropped the lawsuit and devoted her attention to releasing new music. “Kesha is focused on getting back to work and has delivered 28 new songs to the record label,” her lawyer Daniel Petrocelli told Us in a statement at the time. “We have conveyed to Sony Music and the label Kesha’s strong desire to release the single and an album as soon as possible.”
Dr. Luke, however, continued to seek $50 million in damages from the “Take It Off” musician. In June 2023, Kesha won a major victory in the ongoing defamation trial when the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the record producer is legally a “public figure,” meaning he will need to prove that Kesha acted with “actual malice” in her accusations, a notoriously difficult standard to
Since releasing her debut album in 1983, Madonna has rarely been out of the public eye — and she’s never stopped delivering floor-filling pop hits.
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Kesha and Dr Luke have settled their long-running defamation legal battle, both posting statements confirming the settlement to Instagram. It means that a court battle due to get properly underway in New York next month will now not happen.Luke’s defamation lawsuit against Kesha was all that remained of what began as a multi-layered multi-state legal battle between the producer and musician.
Kesha and Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald) have agreed to settle their lawsuit, as per a statement posted to her Instagram account. In 2014, the pop singer accused Gottwald of raping her nine years prior, and the producer subsequently sued her for defamation.
she claimedhe “sexually, physically, verbally, and emotionally abused [her] to the point where [she] nearly lost her life” in 2005.“Only God knows what happened that night,” Kesha, 36, wrote in her part of the joint statement posted to social media. “As I always said, I cannot recount everything that happened. I am looking forward to closing the door on this chapter of my life and beginning a new one.
Kesha and Dr. Luke have settled their defamation lawsuit.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Kesha and producer Dr. Luke have settled a defamation dispute out of court, both parties announced Thursday, with each releasing a quote related to the settlement that indicated they mutually see this as the end of the road for their lengthy legal disputes. Dr. Luke said in his statement that he “wish(es) Kesha well,” while the singer said that she wishes “nothing but peace to all parties involved” as the court dramas apparently draw to a close. “Only God knows what happened that night,” wrote Kesha. “As I always said, I cannot recount everything that happened. I am looking forward to closing the door on this chapter of my life and beginning a new one. I wish nothing but peace to all parties involved.”
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