Kesha is set to re-examine the rape allegations against Dr. Luke under oath in a new deposition against her former producer. The singer’s lawsuit against Dr. Luke, real name Lukasz Gottwald, failed earlier this month. In the lawsuit, Kesha accused Gottwald of drugging and raping her in the early stages of her career.
The lawsuit was first filed against Gottwald in October 2014, which cited “mental manipulation, emotional abuse and sexual assault” against her former producer. Up to this point Dr. Luke has denied every allegation that the singer has made against him.
In the original suit, Kesha was striving for freedom from her contract with Dr. Luke and his label Kemosabe Records. Unfortunately for Kesha, a New York judge dismissed the singer’s case in court following Sony’s assertion that she did not have to work with the producer exclusively. Under the Sony label umbrella, Kesha is allowed to work with other producers although Dr. Luke will still take a percentage of the profits from any money that she makes off of her music.
According to NME, in June Kesha will testify on camera and under oath about what exactly happened between herself and the producer a decade ago.
Gottwald’s camp recently fired back at Kesha’s assertion that she was offered an out from her contract if she retracted the rape allegations, claiming that her story is “outrageous.”
A representative for the producer said in a statement to Rolling Stone, “The Court repeatedly stated Kesha is already free to record without Dr. Luke, and that she had not presented any facts supporting her claims. That’s because all the evidence - including Kesha’s own videotaped sworn testimony -- show her allegations are false. The only thing Kesha is not free to do is continue to lie about Dr. Luke through publicity stunts and outrageous smears, ignoring the fact that by her own free will she went to work and entered into new contracts with Dr. Luke years after this ‘incident’ supposedly happened.”
