|
Protesters held the demonstration across the street from Sony
Music's Manhattan office, shouting chants such as "free Kesha
now".
"We are here to deliver over 400,000 petitions from people from
across the globe standing with Kesha and pressuring Sony to free
Kesha from her contract right now," said Nicole Carty.
"Tik Tok" singer Kesha claimed in a 2014 lawsuit that music
producer Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, raped and
emotionally manipulated her.
Dr. Luke denies the allegations and has hit back at a "trial by
Twitter" backed by some of music's biggest names over Kesha's
bid to extricate herself from a recording contract.
Anger and sympathy for Kesha swelled after a New York judge
ruled last month the 28-year old singer could not be released
from her six-album recording contract with Sony Music.
[© 2016 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2016 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
|
|
