The ongoing battle between Kesha and Dr. Luke isn’t going anywhere with Dr. Luke still holding up the “I’m innocent” card that no one is buying. In a bizarre turn of events, the producer who is accused of rape and abuse is suing Kesha over the private texts she sent her friend Lady Gaga.
In 2016, Kesha became very vocal of the abuse she suffered under producer Lukas Gottwald, going to court to be freed of her contract from Sony. Read: she’s not even suing him for the sexual abuse per se, she’s just asking to be released from her contract, to be freed from working with her alleged abuser. Both sides have filed amended cases to the court and Dr. Luke is backing his claims by saying the texts Kesha sent Lady Gaga prompted the “Million Reasons” singer to spread false allegations about him online.
Lady Gaga has been a very opinionated supporter of Kesha, being a victim of rape herself. Her song “Swine” tackles the harrowing experience. Gaga took the 2016 Academy Awards stage to sing about the victims of sexual abuse through her performance of “Til It Happens to You.”
Dr. Luke’ court claims read, “During this text message conversation, Kesha falsely and basely asserted that Kesha and another female recording artist… had both been raped by (Dr. Luke). Kesha’s assertions to Lady Gaga were completely false.”
It continues, “Since this text message conversation, Lady Gaga has spread negative messages about Gottwald in the press. Indeed, Lady Gaga has gone so far as to suggest during a radio interview that she possesses secret information regarding Gottwald that is damaging to him. Lady Gaga’s statements during this radio interview were thereafter repeated and spread widely by many international media outlets.”
It then goes on to suggest that Kesha’s claims are out of financial interest, to which Kesha’s court papers read, “You can get a divorce from an abusive spouse. You can dissolve a partnership if the relationship becomes irreconcilable. The same opportunity – to be liberated from the physical, emotional, and financial bondage of a destructive relationship – should be available to a recording artist.”
Kesha’s deposition is set on Feb. 7 while Dr. Luke’s is set on Feb. 14. It’s been almost a year since the news of Kesha’s allegations broke out and the court denied her plea to be released from her Sony contract.
#FreeKesha
[Dazed]
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