Kesha Had to Drop Her Case Against Dr. Luke in an Effort to Save Her Career

Having first filed against Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald) two years ago, pop singer Kesha has this week dropped her Californian lawsuit against her alleged abuser in an effort to see out her contract with Sony and Kemosabe records, which still holds her to her obligations of putting out five albums worth of commercially viable material.

In hopes to get her career back on track, which it was previously discussed as impossible without an injunction against Gottwald, Kesha has provided her record label with 28 new songs.

She has also scaled back her actions against Luke, dropping her case in California, where it has been on hold for just over a year. Despite this new development, the singer has stated that she will continue to pursue appeals in New York following the dismissal of her sexual abuse claims against the pop-producer.

Kesha has dismissed her California action without prejudice while she pursues her appeal and other legal claims in the New York courts. Kesha is focused on getting back to work and has delivered 28 new songs to the record label. We have conveyed to Sony and the label Kesha’s strong desire to release her next album and single as soon as possible.

It is unsurprising that the singer wishes to have her music out in the world, with her carer effectively having been put on hold for over two years after she exited rehab and proceeded to file claims of physical, sexual and emotional abuse against Gottwald in California, arguing that he held “suffocating control” over her and her career.

There is still a claim pending to terminate Kesha’s contract with Gottwald’s company, but speaking directly on the matter on Facebook, the singer wrote that the lawsuit “is so heavy on my once free spirit, and I can only pray to one day feel that happiness again… Thank you for all your support. The support of my fans has been so beautiful and I’m so grateful for it. I’m Not sure where I would be without you all.”

She will continue to fight for justice in New York, where her case was devastatingly dismissed by a judge earlier this year. She has not released any of her own material since 2012, though she appeared as a guest vocalist on Pitbull’s Timber and has released a track with Zedd following her guest appearance during his Coachella set.

While here is hope that these new songs will fulfil at the very least part of her contractual obligations (seeing as it does not look like the request to terminate her contract will be granted any time soon), there is a very real threat that the label may not deem her songs to be commercially viable and therefore not fulfilling of the remainder her required “five albums worth” of material.

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