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Court rules that Kesha can't terminate her contract
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/19/kesha-dr-luke-denied-legal-request-record-label-rape
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I saw this on Twitter earlier tonight and could not help but feel so sorry for her. I don't really know much about the case but I love her music, to see her suffering like that just isn't right at all. I hope she gets justice in the end.
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this is honestly one of the most absurd things I've ever heard. I can't wrap my head around how she could possibly be legally obligated to work under someone who abused her. it's just ridiculous. hope this all ends up working out.
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This is just horrific, and while I'm not a huge Kesha fan I do feel sorry for what she's been going through. I really do hope she can get justice eventually and be free from him.
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This is truly disgusting, how he hasn't been put away let alone having to work for him just makes my mind boggle.
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I'm horrified by this. I love Kesha and her music. She's someone that (indirectly, of course) helped me through a terrible time in my life and seeing her go through this shit upsets me so much. Eight fucking albums? Seriously? It's sickening. I thought she had a good chance of winning this case and to see it go this way is appalling. Have you guys seen the pictures of her after the ruling? I can't even describe the look on her face. It's just so upsetting.
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This is absolutely disgusting and I am outraged. It's incredibly sad, but there's really nothing left to do but send her positivity and support now. I wish her the best. Hopefully karma's on her side.
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i can't even imagine what it would feel like to have to write eight albums worth of music with a guy that's repeatedly assaulting you. and the fact that a court is all good with that is just bullshit. i hope something gets sorted out for the poor girl soon...
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Its nasty and its disgusting that they are making her work with a guy who abused her repeatedly. Its even worse when you see pictures of Kesha after the courtcase.
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So there's absolutely no evidence whatsoever, nothing, and somehow this is a bad result? I guess I should't be surprised as the whole innocent until proven guilty concept doesn't apply to rape cases. Especially on the internet.
The sexual and verbal abuse case is still ongoing. If her claims are truth then let's hope she finds a way to prove it. If she's lying then let's hope that an innocent man's life isn't ruined because a soggy eyed celebrity doesn't like him. I'm not meaning to sound insensitive here but none of us know the full story [or any of it really], the fact that Die Young is a proper choon shouldn't sway our opinions. |
Her testimonial of abuse at his hands so far has been anecdotal, and even if she managed to prove that he was abusive, she's contractually bound to Sony, not Dr. Luke. Furthermore, she can apparently work with other producers under Sony's label, but her response was a baseless claim that Sony wouldn't promote her music if she did so. It seems like a desperate attempt to get out of a contract that she believes is unfair, which is hardly new for the music industry.
Why exactly is everyone taking her side? Is it because Dr. Luke just looks like a creepy old dude? |
I too find it odd that the majority of this thread so far is immediately in her corner. Could Kesha present evidence to support her claims?
I imagine Shirley Kornreich did not have much of a choice but to give that ruling. Laws exist to protect companies such as Sony from losing a lot of money if a singer chooses to break a contract. I don't claim to know much about this case (or Kesha, for that matter), but it is correct that such a company is protected against claims of abuse. |
Sanity has been restored.
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What Kesha has tried to do in my eyes is try to ruin the guy's life. I see no reason why attempting to abuse the court system for life ruination isn't punishable by law, so unless she brings up proper proof that she was sexually and physically abused, she in my eyes is worthy of jail time. |
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The fact that there's apparently 10 whole years of abuse makes it kind of strange that there's not one piece of tangible evidence imo.
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It's worth pointing out that, if indeed some abuse had taken place and spanned over 10 whole years, there must have been some level of complacency on Kesha's side. Why put up with it for so long? A sensible person would pull the plug on that relationship at the first incident of abuse.
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Call me unsympathetic and un-empathetic all you want. This kind of shit has affected my family negatively and many people negatively, such as Gregory Alan Elliott who's life was ruined because two people decided to claim harassment when there was ABSOLUTELY no evidence of said harassment. It took years before he was finally tried and found innocent; the same shouldn't happen here because of the plight of an "abused" 28 year old with baseless claims and no evidence |
Could it be that abuse has little effect on ending a contract? They seem like separate issues. She may or may not be successful with her suit for the abuse, but that might not reflect any kind of success with her suit over the contract.
What is legally at stake here? Does anyone know many suits does Kesha have right now, with whom, over what? That might illuminate what may or may not be possible for her to achieve. EDIT: I just read that Kesha's contract is with Dr. Luke, not with Sony. I don't see how a suit with Sony would impact the contract which Sony is not a party to. EDIT2: Irreparable harm as it's quoted in the media likely does not mean what you are lead to believe from those articles where the phrase is taken out of context. The irreparable harm claimed by Kesha is that she cannot work with Dr. Luke (and no amount of reparations can change or remedy that, obviously). But Dr. Luke's lawyer disputes that because apparently she's under no restriction to work with Dr. Luke, there's no point to grand an injunction to allow her to do something she's apparently already able to do (not work with Dr. Luke). Apparently Sony came out and said that they have no issue with her not working with Dr. Luke. I'm going through the court documents now and you can too here: link. |
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And I'm sorry, I see a world of difference between a few weeks and ten years. Sexual abuse is not some magical blindfold that makes one impartial to the passing of time (or mounting physical/psychological damage). I understand that it is true for some people in bad relationships to numb themselves to pain and accept their bad circumstance as fate. That should not be suggested as a blanket for every such case. It is difficult to comment in an in-depth way when we don't have more solid details of the relationship in question. We are confined to conjecture, really. |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sony-to-drop-dr-luke_us_56e07003e4b0860f99d78607
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Some good news. Never was a Kesha fan, don't expect I ever will be, but it wasn't right for her to be locked up in a contract like that with someone she could not work with. I expect she'll still be held to her contract with Sony though, which is kinda bittersweet since they didn't seem to care much about her and are only doing something now because it's hurting their image.
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There are updates by Dr Luke/his attorneys that the stories about Sony dropping him are untrue, or at least unsubstantiated. Which sounds more realistic to me than Sony unexpectedly dropping him after protecting him throughout this case, with much success to boot.
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