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Kesha and Dr. Luke Settle Decade-Long Defamation Lawsuit, Bringing an End to Legal Battle

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Key takeaways:

  • Kesha and Dr. Luke have settled their decade-long defamation lawsuit.
  • Kesha first sought to get out of her contract with Dr. Luke and detailed a series of alleged abuses, including a 2005 incident in which she said she was drugged and raped.
  • The terms of the settlement were not disclosed and both parties have agreed to not comment further on the matter.

Pop star Kesha and music producer Dr. Luke have settled their decade-long defamation lawsuit, the two announced in a joint statement Thursday.

The lawsuit was filed in 2014, when Kesha first sought to get out of her contract with Dr. Luke and detailed a series of alleged abuses, including a 2005 incident in which she said she was drugged and raped.

In her statement posted on Instagram, Kesha wrote, “Only God knows what happened that night.”

Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, reiterated in his statement that “nothing happened” and said that he settled the lawsuit to “move on with my life.”

The settlement brings an end to the legal battle and Kesha expressed her relief in her statement, saying, “I am looking forward to closing the door on this chapter in my life and beginning a new one.”

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Both parties have agreed to not comment further on the matter.

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