Kesha Suffers Another Blow In Her Legal Battle Against Dr. Luke

Kesha has suffered however another setback in her ongoing battle with Dr. Luke.


According to The Hollywood Reporter, a New York appeals court has sided with a previous judge who ruled that Kesha cannot request to remove herself from contracts tying her to Dr. Luke, whom she's accused of physically, emotionally, and sexually abusing her. The producer is suing Kesha for defamation soon after those claims, and in turn, Kesha sought to free herself from her contracts with him. That bid was once again shot down on Tuesday (May 29).


Kesha's recommended countersuit opened with the following statement, per THR: "You can get a divorce from an abusive spouse. You could dissolve a partnership if the relationship becomes irreconcilable. The same possibility — to be liberated from the physical, emotional, and financial bondage of a destructive relationship — should be accessible to a recording artist."


The Rainbow singer's appeal reportedly claimed that she's owed royalties and that it could be impossible for her to perform under her contract due to a "acrimonious" relationship with Dr. Luke. Although in Tuesday's ruling, the court refused the latter claim because it was "speculative" and because she's recently continued to perform (she's also preparing for a joint tour with Macklemore this summer).


Kesha and Dr. Luke's legal dispute started in October 2014, while she filed a lawsuit against him citing various forms of abuse while also seeking to exit her contract with Sony. Dr. Luke afterward countersued for defamation, and in August 2016, it was confirmed that lose dropped her lawsuit against the producer give attention to the defamation suit.


If there really isn't another appeal by Kesha's team, Dr. Luke's defamation claim will be the only one thought in the coming trial between him and Kesha.