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Celeb News: Kesha's lawyer: "We Have Witnesses And Evidence"
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Kesha's lawyer: "We Have Witnesses And Evidence"
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Kesha’s lawyer appeared on Good Morning America today to fire back at Dr. Luke’s claims that the “Timber” singer is trying to extort him with her lawsuit over alleged physical and emotional abuse.
“If you take a look at the lawsuit, we’ve got 27-pages in enormous detail,” said Kesha’s lawyer when asked how the songstress was going to back up her shocking allegations against the hitmaker.
He continued, “We’ve got witnesses, we’ve got corroborative evidence, we have fresh complaint. We’ve got everything we need to do and we’re very comfortable with it.”
The lawyer also labelled Dr. Luke’s counter-suit, which claims that Kesha is trying to extort him to get out of her recording contract, “laughable.”
However, the lawyer skirted around questions on why Kesha hasn’t just filed criminal charges instead of a lawsuit, simply saying that “everything is on the table” at this point. He also refused to give a straight answer on whether or not the lawsuit would be dropped if Luke lets Kesha out of her contract, but said that the end-game was to get Luke out of Kesha’s life for good.
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He also refused to give a straight answer on whether or not the lawsuit would be dropped if Luke lets Kesha out of her contract
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END him! 
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I mean it makes sense. Imagine If you had a contract that forced you to work with your rapist...
All she's been wanting for years is to get out of it. She already has all the money she needs, she just needs him out of her life, and I guess legal action is the only way this man will respond. Also I saw this post on Tumblr and while IDK how factual it is, it puts things into perspective.
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Please stop saying that Kesha only filing a “civil suit” against Dr. Luke makes her rape claims “suspicious”. The burden of proof is much lower in civil court than criminal court and Kesha and her lawyer have already been extremely transparent that they’re taking actions on issues that happened way too long ago for there to be enough physical evidence that could help them win in a criminal case trial.
Friendly reminder:
Terry Richardson has never been brought on criminal charges for sexual assault, but has been charged twice in civil suits.
R. Kelly has never been convicted on criminal charges, but has had to settle three civil suits against him for underage sexual assault.
OJ Simpson was acquitted of murder charges in criminal court, yet was ordered to pay the families of his victims tens-of-millions of dollars in civil court for the wrongful deaths of both people.
Please stop saying you have to doubt her claims because “people falsely claim rape all the time”. Out of all rape accusations, only a reported .2% are proven to be false. POINT-TWO-PERCENT.
Please stop saying you trust Dr. Luke because “everyone is innocent until proven guilty”. This trial is not about Luke being guilty. It is Kesha and her lawyer presenting enough evidence to a judge on the basis that her work relationship can no longer continue with Dr. Luke without her life being in danger due to the various threats he has made on her life, along with the reported accusations of rape, sexual assault, physical violence, and him drugging her without her knowledge.
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Good. 
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He also refused to give a straight answer on whether or not the lawsuit would be dropped if Luke lets Kesha out of her contract
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I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case. As long as Kesha is out of the contract, she doesn't have to be anywhere NEAR him. That's what she wants. It would save a whole bunch of mess and time if he let her out of the contract, and then she's being decent by not even perusing the obviously real sexual harassment claims.
I have no doubt that the sexual harassment claims ARE real. But I also have no doubt that Kesha's main priority is to just get out of the contract. If he just let her go in the first place, she never would have submitted the lawsuit. This is basically just insurance, "I also have this which I will use if you don't let me out," kind of thing. If she's able to come forth about these things in order for it to make it more likely that she will acquire the optimum goal (to be free from his abuse and contract) then so be it.
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then why not press criminal charges too
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However, the lawyer skirted around questions on why Kesha hasn’t just filed criminal charges instead of a lawsuit, simply saying that “everything is on the table” at this point. He also refused to give a straight answer on whether or not the lawsuit would be dropped if Luke lets Kesha out of her contract, but said that the end-game was to get Luke out of Kesha’s life for good.
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They'd have to fight ten times as hard in a criminal case, plus their main intention is to relieve her from his grip professionally, which business matters are dealt with only in civil court. The criminal allegations simply give her more reason to get out. Plus I think she'd have a harder time trying to prove these things happen against her will/while drugged to a jury, whereas a judge simply hearing and witnessing her and witness testimonies will be enough to be in her favor without going through the weeks/months/year(s) of court dates.
So yeah, no reason to answer if they'd drop the lawsuit if he agreed to their very simple, nondramatic terms. They probably would since that's the main purpose of all of this.
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Originally posted by Grumpy Gills
then why not press criminal charges too
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"the lawyer skirted around questions on why Kesha hasn’t just filed criminal charges instead of a lawsuit, simply saying that “everything is on the table” at this point""
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Well, at this point she just wants her abuser out of her life, it's very understandable. But she can't do that as long as the contracts still lasts.
I'm pretty sure she tried to reason with him but he refused so she had to resort to this.
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I see what's happening. Kesha clearly snapped and went to rehab she came out and was like look Luke release me or I'll go public he was like ye ok boo and now here we are! All kesha wanted was her freedom without everything being so messy but Luke clearly just wants his power and control
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Does anyone have the GMA clip?
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Originally posted by Grumpy Gills
then why not press criminal charges too
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I mean, there wouldn't be a NEED for a lawsuit at all if he were in prison. And more importantly, he wouldn't get the chance to do it to someone else
Why NOT pursue criminal charges?! Oh yea, the burden of proof is much higher I guess
Something about this lawsuit is not sitting right with me.
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it's stupid how this article tries to make her look bad at the end when she might just want out of the contract because that would be at least a major step to getting away from him
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Originally posted by Grumpy Gills
then why not press criminal charges too
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I mean, there wouldn't be a NEED for a lawsuit at all if he were in prison. And more importantly, he wouldn't get the chance to do it to someone else
Why NOT pursue criminal charges?! Oh yea, the burden of proof is much higher I guess
Something about this lawsuit is not sitting right with me.
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Makes it much more complicated and harder. If she tried that and lost, and was still under his contracts, who knows what he would do to her. It's smarter to do this first, getting her out of her contracts, and then being open to press criminal charges later.
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Originally posted by Grumpy Gills
then why not press criminal charges too
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Because the point is to get him out of her life, seeing as he won't let her do so.
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Originally posted by Yakslap
I mean it makes sense. Imagine If you had a contract that forced you to work with your rapist...
All she's been wanting for years is to get out of it. She already has all the money she needs, she just needs him out of her life, and I guess legal action is the only way this man will respond. Also I saw this post on Tumblr and while IDK how factual it is, it puts things into perspective.
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Punch them, Gardevoir.
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I swear, if she gets out of that contract and drops her lawsuit in effect....
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Originally posted by Grumpy Gills
then why not press criminal charges too
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Pursuing sexual assault charges years after the crime is rarely successful as there's usually no physical evidence or even eyewitnesses. The criminal justice process usually involves attacking, blaming and revictimizing the victim while yielding no positive result or justice for the perpetrator. It's no surprise that the majority of sexual assaults are never reported.
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