Kesha Sues Dr. Luke For Sexual Assault, He Fires Back
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Singer
Kesha
has
decided
to
sue
her
former
producer
Dr.
Luke
after
accusing
him
of
sexual
assault
and
abuse.
Kesha's
attorney
Mark
Geragos
has
said
that
the
suit
comes
after
a
decade
of
mistreatment
at
the
hands
of
Dr.
Luke,
born
Lukasz
Sebastian
Gottwald,
reports
the
Los
Angeles
Times.
"This
lawsuit
is
a
whole-hearted
effort
by
Kesha
to
regain
control
of
her
music
career
and
her
personal
freedom
after
suffering
for
10
years
as
a
victim
of
mental
manipulation,
emotional
abuse
and
sexual
assault
at
the
hands
of
Dr.
Luke," Geragos
wrote.
"The
facts
presented
in
our
lawsuit
paint
a
picture
of
a
man
who
is
controlling
and
willing
to
commit
horrible
acts
of
abuse
in
an
attempt
to
intimidate
an
impressionable,
talented,
young
female
artist
into
submission
for
his
personal
gain.
Kesha
is
focussed
on
moving
her
life
and
her
career
beyond
this
terrible
time," he
added.
According
to
the
Los
Angeles
Times,
the
allegations
in
the
civil
suit,
filed
in
Los
Angeles
County
Superior
Court,
have
claims
that
Gottwald
forced
her
to
drink
and
take
drugs
against
her
will
and
forced
himself
on
her
sexually.
"On
one
occasion,
Dr.
Luke
forced
Ms.
Sebert
to
snort
an
illicit
drug
before
they
were
scheduled
to
take
a
flight.
On
the
plane,
Dr.
Luke
continuously
forced
himself
on
Ms.
Sebert
while
she
was
intoxicated
and
drugged,"
Geragos
said,
the
paper
reported.
The
suit
claims
that
on
another
occasion,
Dr.
Luke
instructed
Ms.
Sebert
to
take
'sober' pills.
"Ms.
Sebert
took
the
pills
and
woke
up
the
following
afternoon,
naked
in
Dr.
Luke's
bed,
sore
and
sick
with
no
memory
of
how
she
got
there."
The
latest
update
is
thatDr.
Luke
has
fired
back
with
his
own
lawsuit
to
Kesha
and
her
mom,
Pebe
Sebert,
claiming
that
the
singer
is
trying
to
extort
him
and
get
out
of
her
contract
with
him.
The
producer's
lawyer
told
TMZ
that
the
singer's
account
of
assaults
are
part
of
a
"campaign
of
publishing
outrageous
and
untrue
statements," and
that
Kesha
and
her
mom
have
already
admitted
that
their
claims
are
false.