Dr. Luke issues statement: Kesha's rape allegations are 'outright lies'

Dr. Luke has once again denied accusations that he sexually assaulted Kesha Sebert, accusing the "Tik Tok" singer and her supporters Monday of conducting "a vicious smear campaign to ruin his reputation for financial gain while failing to support their claims."

The statement from Lukasz Gottwald's attorney, Christine Lepera, suggests that Kesha's accusations are motivated by money and that she fabricated reports of abuse in order to leverage a lucrative recording contract with Sony.

Kesha, meanwhile, has endured financial losses due to attorney fees and a dramatically diminished income that came as a result of her music career being put on hold since 2012's Warrior was released.

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Gottwald's full statement:

The New York County Supreme Court on Friday found that Kesha is already "free" to record and release music without working with Dr. Luke as a producer if she doesn’t want to. Any claim that she isn’t "free" is a myth. The sound decision Friday by the Court in denying Kesha's motion for an injunction made it clear Kesha's allegations of purported abuse were unconvincing and that she had no basis to void record contracts and copyrights. Dr. Luke and his companies invested in Kesha's success through their contributions, Sony Music has already spent over $11 million promoting Kesha, and Sony Music and its label Kemosabe Records are committed to continuing to promote her work.

More significantly, the Court also noted multiple times that her vague abuse allegations were devoid of factual detail, and that there was no evidence, whether from doctors or anyone else, to support them.

Tellingly, Kesha never reported any purported abuse or rape to any law enforcement authority, or even to Sony Music, and further swore under oath in another matter, while accompanied by her team of lawyers, that it never occurred. The goal of Kesha's counsel throughout has been to obtain a more lucrative contract through a shameless campaign of outrageous claims they will never stand behind in a court of law.

As Dr. Luke has said repeatedly, the allegations against him are outright lies that have been advanced to extort a contract renegotiation and money. Kesha and her counsel have cavalierly subjected Dr. Luke and his family to trial by Twitter, using a vicious smear campaign to ruin his reputation for financial gain while failing to support their claims. Kesha to date has never verified the allegations in this case -even when given the opportunity in her affidavit. Nor has she ever offered a credible explanation as to why she would have signed a second recording agreement, recorded two albums and an EP and signed a publishing deal with Dr. Luke after allegedly being sexually abused. It will further be shown that the incidents alleged never happened.

It's true that Kesha never filed a report on the alleged assault and continued working with the producer. However, victims' advocates assert that it is not uncommon for abuse victims to perpetuate a working relationship with an assailant in a position of power; and only 32% of sexual assaults are reported to police and only 2% of alleged assailants ever see jail time, according to advocacy group RAINN.

In addition to the statement, Dr. Luke defended himself on Twitter:

Until now I haven’t commented on the lawsuits, which should be resolved in court not here on Twitter.