Last September, hit recording artist Kesha filed a lawsuit against her mentor and producer Lukasz Gottwald (better known as Dr. Luke) in an effort to be released from her recording contract with his company. In her suit, the singer says the prolific hitmaker âsexually, physically, verbally and emotionally abusedâ her over the decade theyâd worked together, to a degree that heâd âput her life at risk.â
Keshaâs lawsuit alleges at least two specific accounts of rape. In one, she says the producer forced her to inhale a substance prior to boarding a plane which left her incapacitated and, while in the air, sexually assaulted her. In the second, he gave her what he referred to as âsober pills,â which she says she later learned were GHB, a date rape drug. In that instance, the singer says she woke up the next morning feeling sore and disoriented in Dr. Lukeâs bed, with no memory of how sheâd wound up there.
The suit itself has hit a technical roadblock. Kesha filed her suit in California, but a âforum clauseâ in her contract stipulates disputes regarding it must be handled in New York. Given that, the California Judge overseeing the case has put it on hold.
What are we to take from the reality that few people seem to care about Keshaâs case? Her public image is as a crass party girl and Dr. Luke helped her career in many waysâis her case being overlooked because she doesnât fit into the âperfect victimâ mold?
THIS DR.LUKE IS SCUM AND SHEâS NOT THE ONLY WOMAN TO BE ABUSED BY THIS ASSHOLE
i just wanna add that she wore this dress as a big fuck you to him a few months after filing and it honestly was such an inspiration to me as an abuse survivor
I hope he burns
