Kesha denied date rape by Dr. Luke

Kesha denied date rape by Dr. Luke in 2011 testimony, court records reveal
The pop artist claimed in a lawsuit last week that her music producer Dr. Luke once coerced her into sex, but testimony given in June 2011 for a separate lawsuit contradicts her claims.

Kesha once testified under oath that the alleged date rape at the center of her new lawsuit against Dr. Luke never took place — but her lawyer claims she was simply too scared to sing.
The platinum-selling pop artist said in secret deposition testimony given in June 2011 — and unsealed Tuesday — that music producer Dr. Luke never “roofied” her or coerced her into sex.
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“Dr. Luke never made sexual advances at me,” she testified under oath, according to transcripts obtained by the Daily News.
The testimony contradicts allegations made in the blockbuster sexual assault lawsuit that the “Tik Tok” singer filed against Dr. Luke in Los Angeles on Oct. 14.
Dr. Luke, whose real name is Luke Gottwald, has not been charged with a crime.

The influential hitmaker behind Katy Perry’s “Roar” and Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball,” he fought to get the testimony unsealed by a New York judge because he claims Kesha concocted the date rape allegation as part of an extortion scheme to get out of her exclusive recording contract.
Kesha’s lawyer scoffed at that suggestion Tuesday.
“He threatened her and she equivocated because she was under threat. This is a desperate attempt on their part to blame the victim,” lawyer Mark Geragos told The News.
“After this deposition, after the threats, she went into rehab and therapy and now she’s finally strong enough that she’s not going to be intimidated or threatened anymore,” he said.
The deposition was taken in connection with a $14 million lawsuit filed by Kesha’s former New York-based management company DAS Communications.
The company claimed Kesha broke her contract when she dumped them in 2008 — and that Dr. Luke “induced, intimidated and convinced” her to cut ties with DAS.
Asked during the 2011 examination if Dr. Luke ever gave her cocaine or other illicit drugs, Kesha said he never fed her coke but that she wasn’t sure about other substances.
“Did Dr. Luke ever give you a roofie?” a DAS lawyer asked Kesha.
“No,” she replied.

Kesha and Dr. Luke are in the midst of brutal legal battle in which Kesha claims she was sexually abused by her longtime music producer.
“Did you ever tell your mother that you woke up in a hotel room in Gottwald’s bed and you don’t recall what happened that night?” the lawyer asked next.
“I don’t remember,” Kesha said.
The lawyer also asked about a flight that Kesha once took with Dr. Luke.
“If someone testified that you were making out with Gottwald on a cross-country trip with Gottwald, would that be a lie, on a plane?” the lawyer asked during the 2011 deposition.
“No,” Kesha replied.
In her lawsuit filed last week, Kesha claimed Dr. Luke once “forced” her to snort an illicit drug before a flight and then “continuously forced himself” on her.
The singer said during the 2011 deposition that she had slept in the same bed with Dr. Luke but that they did not have an “intimate” relationship.
After the deposition was unsealed, Geragos said he made it clear in Kesha’s new lawsuit that the singer had been threatened into submission.
The lawsuit claimed Dr. Luke took Kesha “down to the beach alone” to have a talk after the alleged rape and threatened that if she ever mentioned it to anyone, “he would shut her career down” and go after her family.
Dr. Luke filed his own breach of contract lawsuit against Kesha in New York shortly after her filing.
“Kesha’s lawsuit is a spectacular and outrageous fiction that will go down in flames. As the truth emerges, this sad and misguided smear campaign will only hurt Kesha,” Dr. Luke’s lawyer Christine Lepera said in a statement to The News.
“Luke hasn’t seen Kesha in years. This kind of cynical grandstanding in which false claims of abuse are used as a negotiating tactic insults real victims,” Lepera said.

Kesha Rose Sebert, known by her stage name Kesha, stylized as Ke$ha, is an American singer-songwriter. In 2005, at age 18, Kesha was signed to producer Dr. Luke’s record label, Kemosabe Entertainment, and publishing company.