Kesha had a string of hits beginning in 2009 including 'Tik Tok' and 'We R Who We R.'ĭr. Kesha sued the producer and Sony Music in 2014 seeking to get out of a multi-album recording deal, and Dr. Sebert will be required to defend her harmful and long-standing press campaign against Mr.

Luke, said she was confident that Kesha's counterclaims would ultimately be rejected. Lawyers for Kesha, whose full name is Kesha Rose Sebert, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Ĭhristine Lepera, a lawyer for Dr. Luke for emotional distress, punitive damages and legal fees. The court also said a state judge should have allowed Kesha to file counterclaims against Dr.

'By 2014, when Gottwald initiated this defamation action, he was, by his own account, a celebrity - an acclaimed music producer who had achieved enormous success in a high-profile career,' Judge Michael Garcia wrote for the court on Tuesday. Luke was a private figure subject to a lower burden of proof because he is not a household name. The ruling reverses a mid-level appeals court that said Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, is a 'public figure' and so he must prove that Kesha acted with actual malice in order to prevail in his 2014 defamation lawsuit.

Luke to win his lawsuit claiming pop star Kesha defamed him by falsely accusing him of raping her nearly 20 years ago. June 13 (Reuters) - New York's top state court on Tuesday made it more difficult for music producer Dr.

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