An appellate court ruled in favor of music producer Dr. Luke on Thursday on an important legal question in his defamation suit against Kesha, saying the Grammy-nominated hitmaker isn't a public figure in the eyes of the law.
The decision isn't a final judgment in the long-running court clash between the multiplatinum-selling singer, who says Dr. Luke raped her, and the producer, who denies it and says his onetime protege smeared him with lies.
But Thursday's ruling upholds a lower court's 2020 finding that Kesha made a defamatory statement about him — to Lady Gaga — and that she can't defend it by saying that Dr.
Luke is a public figure.That matters because public figures have to meet a higher legal standard than everyday people do in order.
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