Kesha accused Dr. Luke of “doing every part potential” to delay courtroom proceedings of their ongoing defamation battle — elevating considerations it is going to stall their upcoming trial, new authorized filings present.
The “Tik Tok” singer’s legal professionals say she is “greater than keen” to face the music producer at their upcoming trial — however expressed concern the case might be jeopardized if her two pending appeals are left unresolved, in response to the Tuesday submitting in Manhattan Supreme Court docket.
“Kesha has an awesome curiosity in having the trial proceed as scheduled on February 20, 2023, not solely in order that she will search vindication but in addition in order that she will get this ordeal behind her and transfer on together with her life,” the singer’s lawyer, Leah Godesky, wrote to the choose.
“Whereas Dr. Luke contends in his letter that he's keen to do that case, he has been doing every part potential within the Court docket of Appeals to stop that from taking place,” the submitting says.
The 35-year-old hitmaker has tried to hurry up briefing deadlines, in order that oral arguments in each appeals will be heard in both October or November, however these requests have been rejected by Luke, 48, and his authorized group.
“Kesha has accordingly achieved every part in her energy to strive to make sure that trial will start as scheduled, together with by searching for to expedite proceedings within the Court docket of Appeals. Dr Luke has obstructed her efforts at each flip,” Godesky wrote.
Luke’s lawyer Jeffrey Movit responded to Godesky’s letter, saying it's “crammed with inflammatory and incorrect assertions” and “undoubtedly was filed to additional her ongoing press marketing campaign towards” his consumer.
Luke — whose actual identify is Lukasz Gottwald — introduced a case towards Kesha in 2014 claiming that she defamed him when she accused him of drugging and raping her and in addition of raping Katy Perry.
A choose beforehand dominated that Kesha defamed Luke together with her claims about Perry, after the “California Gurls” singer denied in a deposition that she was ever raped by Luke.
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