With her mother by her side, Kesha Rose Sebert sobbed when she heard the judge’s verdict that she is still contractually obliged to the man who allegedly abused her.
Once one of the hottest names in music, the 28-year-old hasn’t released a single song since suing Dr Luke (Lukasz Gottwald), 42, for sexual assault in 2014.
Kesha claimed in the suit that her longtime mentor, who she signed with at the tender age of 18, forced her to snort powder before getting on a plane “and during the trip he forced himself on her while she was drugged”.
Just two weeks before her court date, a video of Kesha singing Amazing Grace went viral online. You can watch a snippet of it below. (Post continues after video).
The ‘Timber’ singer also detailed an occasion where Dr Luke fed her what he called ‘sober pills’, only for her to wake up “naked in Dr Luke’s bed, sore, sick… and with no memory of how she got there”.
At one point, Kesha says he also called her a “fat f***ing refrigerator.”
She claims the incidents occurred between 2005 and 2008.
The messy case, and subsequent halting of her singing career, has potentially destroyed her chances of a comeback in what is an incredibly competitive and fast-paced industry.