Pop star Kesha Sebert has suffered a setback in her lawsuit that alleges that producer Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald sexually abused her. A California judge has decided to put this lawsuit on hold.

Although Kesha painted a grim picture of working with Dr. Luke, there was a lot about her lawsuit that went beyond talk of an alleged assault to discuss the contractual relationship between the parties. For example, Kesha said that Dr. Luke had promised to renegotiate her deal, but wouldn't, and so she was trapped in a one-sided, onerous agreement.

Importantly, Kesha's deals with Luke's Kemosabe Records label, housed under Sony, had a forum clause that stipulated disputes would be handled in New York.

"Although plaintiff does not allege any cause of action for breach of contract she certainly does implicate the contracts and indeed asks the court to void them," writes L.A. Superior Judge Barbara Scheper, further adding that Kesha's claims for sexual harassment and gender violence are predicated on the relationship between the two.

Kesha's attorneys attempted to avoid this outcome by arguing that the forum clause shouldn't be enforced because she didn't freely enter into the contracts and that New York wasn't the center of the issues involved in the lawsuit.

But the judge responds that there's no evidence that the agreements were not the result of an arm's length negotiation or even that Kesha is a resident of California.

Kesha also tried to avoid this outcome by recently amending her lawsuit to include Sony as a co-defendant. The amended lawsuit says that Sony should be held liable for supporting and ratifying his behavior. Kesha's attorneys argued the Sony deals are without a New York forum clause, but it doesn't appear to have done the trick.

Originally posted by keshaspearsxo

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Originally posted by keshaspearsxo

Is this the surprise she talked about