An appeals court in New York has upheld a summary judgement that favoured Dr Luke in his ongoing defamation legal battle with Kesha.
In particular, judges confirmed that Luke – despite being a very successful and well known record producer and label owner – is not a “public figure”, which has a significant impact on cases of this kind.This defamation action is all that remains of a long-running, multi-layered and quite complicated legal battle between Luke and Kesha.
That entire legal battle centred on Kesha’s allegation of rape against her long-time producer and collaborator. He denies that allegation, and alleges that she only made that claim in a bid to force his hand in contract negotiations.
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