The battle between Kesha and Dr. Luke got complicated on Tuesday after the music producer filed a new lawsuit against Kesha’s mother, Pebe Sebert for fabricating her daughter’s sexual assault claims against him.
Kesha swore under oath in 2011 that her producer Dr. Luke didn’t sexually abuse or drug her. On Tuesday, a judge unsealed a 2011 deposition, taken during a lawsuit in which a former manager sued both Kesha and Dr. Luke.
Dr. Luke has filed a lawsuit against Kesha, just hours after she sued him for physical and sexual abuse.
In the court docs, Luke claims Kesha tried to extort him and spread lies about him in a plan engineered by her mom and her new management firm. He also alleges that Kesha threatened to spread lies about him to a blogger who started a "Free Kesha" website unless he released her from her recording contract.
Luke’s lawyer, Christine Lepera told TMZ that Kesha is on “a campaign of publishing outrageous and untrue statement.” She also said that Kesha and her mom have already admitted the statements are false.
Kesha has filed a lawsuit against her music producer Dr. Luke for sexually, physically, verbally and emotionally abusing her for a period of 10 years, which led to the eating disorder and emotional problems that landed her in rehab earlier this year.
According to TMZ, the 27-year-old entertainer alleges that Dr Luke forced himself on her sexually on multiple occasions, and often forced her to use drugs and alcohol. In one instance, Kesha claims he forced her to snort something before getting on a plane and during the trip he forced himself on her while she was drugged.
She claims that on a different occasion, Dr. Luke forced her to drink with him, gave her what he called "sober pill" and she woke up the following day naked in his bed, sore, sick and with no memory of how she got there.
Kesha‘s lawyer Mark Geragos said:
“This lawsuit is a wholehearted effort by Kesha to regain control of her music career and her personal freedom after suffering for ten years as a victim of mental manipulation, emotional abuse and an instance of sexual assault at the hands of Dr. Luke.”
“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 focused on moving her life and her career beyond this terrible time.”
Kesha wants a judge to let her out of her contract with Dr. Luke.
Kesha was on the red carpet at the premiere of “Planes: Fire And Rescue” on Tuesday when Ludacris stole the show for a moment. While she was happily posing for the cameras, the rapper snuck into the background of the shot, wearing a mischievous look on his face.
Kesha, who didn’t have a clue about what was going on behind her, continued posing and flashing her cleavage in a plunging black dress.
#PlanesFireAndRescue is a new animated movie about a crew of anthropomorphic firefihgting aircraft that are committed to protecting a national park from a raging wildfire. The movie stars #DaneCook, #JulieBowen, and #EdHarris and was directed by #RobertsGannaway.
Planes is set to hit theatres on July 18 in the US and the UK on August 8.
Kesha, who spent two months in rehab for an eating disorder earlier this year, has opened up about the experience and said 'the scariest thing' she's ever done. In the August issue of #TeenVogue magazine she reveled:
“My eating disorder is something I've been struggling with for a while. People will make up stories, but I went to rehab for an eating disorder - nothing more and nothing less. I decided to face my problem head-on.”
“My whole message is to love who you are and accept all your beautiful imperfections. When I felt I was slipping into unloving territory with myself, I knew I had to listen to my own advice and correct it...I felt I needed to get help, not only for myself but also for my fans. My worst fear in life is to be fake.”
The singer also believes that being in the spotlight intensified her insecurities and made her feel more self-conscious about her weight.
“It really messed with my head, and I realized I couldn't do it by myself. The decision to take control of it is the scariest thing I've ever done, and this is coming from someone who dives with sharks and jumps out of airplanes for fun.”
However, rehab wasn’t all bad because she actually wrote 14 songs while she was there and feels back in control again.
“The whole process has made me so much stronger and ready to take my life by the horns and make a record that I'm going to be proud of and not care what anybody else thinks!”
Kesha has been dating new boyfriend Brad Ashenfelter for the past two months and he stood by his lady love during her rehab stint.
