Kesha Scores Victory in Legal Battle With Dr. Luke as They Face Off in Defamation Trial

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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 reached a settlement in their decade-long legal battle, just weeks before the case was set to head to trial. As Perezcious readers know, Kesha sued

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.”

After Kesha came forward with abuse allegations against Dr. Luke in 2014, the music producer fired back with a defamation lawsuit.

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The New York Court Of Appeals ruled yesterday that producer Dr Luke is sufficiently famous to be deemed a “limited public figure”. This is a classification which impacts on his ongoing defamation legal battle with Kesha, increasing the producer’s burden in court.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Although Dr. Luke’s defamation claims against Kesha await an actual trial next month, the singer won a victory on some key points in her counterclaim Tuesday from the New York Court of Appeals, which ruled that the producer qualifies as a public figure,. He thus will have a higher bar to hurdle in succeeding with his lawsuit against her. The suit claims that the producer/songwriter legally known as Lukasz Gottwald was defamed by Kesha Sebert when she made public or legal statements accusing him of drugging and raping her in 2005, and when she additionally alleged that he had raped another singer. In considering Dr. Luke’s level of fame, the court wrote that “we first consider whether Gottwald is a public figure such that he must prove the allegedly defamatory statements were made with ‘actual malice.’ If subject to that standard, Gottwald would be required to prove by clear and convincing evidence that each statement was made ‘with either knowledge that it was false or reckless disregard for the truth.'”

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