— is hoping to use the anti-SLAPP's law's allowance for a counterclaim to pursue compensatory and punitive damages plus attorneys’ fees and costs that she has incurred over seven long years defending what Kesha's legal team believes to be a meritless defamation suit.Initially, because the judge ruled that Dr. Luke was a private figure, he didn't need to show that Kesha made false statements with actual malice — meaning knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard of the truth.
"As this Court has already found, Kesha’s statements that Dr. Luke sexually assaulted her qualify as a matter of public concern," states a new memorandum from Kesha's team."There could be no serious debate to the contrary. Indeed, one of the three courts to have already applied [the new anti-SLAPP statute] underscored that 'sexual impropriety and pressure in the music industry' 'indisputably' constitutes an issue of public interest.
The memorandum adds,"Plaintiffs’ defamation claims obviously involve a matter of public concern, and if the jury finds that Kesha’s reporting of Dr. Luke’s sexual assault is truthful, it necessarily follows that Dr. Luke brought this lawsuit solely to harass and intimate Kesha."later this month for a ruling on whether the amended counterclaim will be allowed.
Meanwhile, Kesha’s lawyers and Dr. Luke's lawyers are exchanging witness and exhibit lists and will likely make those public in June in time for a pre-trial conference. A hard trial date has yet to be set.
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