Here's the latest on the on-going legal battle between Kesha and Dr. Luke.
, the"Warrior" singer suffered a setback on Thursday when the court dealt out a major legal victory to the music producer.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Schecter ruled that Kesha defamed Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, when the singer sent a text message to Lady Gaga in 2016 claiming that the producer had raped Katy Perry.by Dr. Luke, the judge ruled that Kesha"made a false statement to Lady Gaga about Gottwald that was defamatory per se."
The judge also rejected several defenses presented by Kesha's legal team, including the argument that Dr. Luke is a"public figure" and therefore there is a higher legal standard when it comes to determining defamation, and that would have required Dr. Luke's team to prove Kesha acted with"malice" when sending the text in question.
"First, the Court has now ruled that Kesha made a false and defamatory accusation about Dr. Luke when she baselessly claimed that he raped Katy Perry. Second, the Court rejected Kesha's attempts to invoke legal technicalities to avoid responsibility for her statements. And third, the Court also correctly held that Kesha breached her contract with Dr. Luke's company," the statement continued."Dr.
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