SINGER KESHA DENIED DRUGS, SEX CLAIMS AGAINST PRODUCER. THREE YEARS AGO.

Singer Kesha Denied Drug, Sex
Claims Against Producer Three
Years Ago
NAN

Oct 22, 2014.


Pop singer Kesha said in a deposition
three years ago, unsealed on Tuesday,
that music producer Dr. Luke never had
sex with her nor gave her drugs.
The revelation was the latest salvo in the
legal battle between the longtime music
partners.
An attorney for Dr. Luke, whose legal
name is Lukasz Gottwald, successfully
asked a New York state judge to unseal
portions of the depositions.
The deposition stemmed from a 2010
lawsuit brought by Kesha’s former
manager against the singer and
producer.
The statements contradict the “Die
Young” singer’s lawsuit filed last week
accusing the pop hit-maker of forcing
Kesha, “take drugs and alcohol to take
advantage of her sexually.”
The lawsuit alleges the producer drugged
and raped the singer.
Kesha’s attorney, Mark Geragos, said
the 27-year-old singer was ambiguous in
the deposition and had been threatened
by Dr. Luke, if she ever mentioned the
alleged sexual assault to anyone.
“She goes into rehab and she goes into
therapy and she’s able to stand strong
now,” Geragos said.
He added that the questions about drugs
and sex with the producer proved that
she had spoken to her former manager
about them.
In the 2011 deposition, Kesha said she
didn’t know if Dr. Luke, had given her
“drugs which could not be purchased at
a pharmacy” and said the two never had
an intimate relationship.
Kesha and Dr. Luke, 41, unleashed
dueling lawsuits a week ago, trading
accusations of abuse and extortion as
Kesha sued Dr. Luke to get out of her
record contract with the producer.
She has been under contract to him
since 2005.
Dr. Luke counter sued in New York,
accusing Kesha and her mother, Pebe
Sebert, of defamation, breach of contract
and contractual interference.
Kesha’s lawsuit filed in Los Angeles
alleges Dr. Luke’s insults to her
appearance caused her to develop
bulimia nervosa.
The singer, who has scored No. 1 U.S.
hits “Tik Tok” and “We R Who We R”
that Dr. Luke helped write and produce,
finished a more than two-month
treatment for the condition in March.
(Reuters/NAN)