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Terms of the settlement, announced in a joint statement posted
on Instagram, were not made public. Neither admitted wrongdoing.
"I am looking forward to closing the door on this chapter of my
life and beginning a new one," the singer, whose full name is
Kesha Rose Sebert, said in the statement.
Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, denied assaulting
Kesha and said it was "time for me to put this difficult matter
behind me and move on with my life."
A lawyer for Dr. Luke had no further comment, and a lawyer for
Kesha could not immediately be reached for comment.
The agreement came just over a week after New York's highest
court handed Kesha a significant legal victory. The New York
Court of Appeals found that Dr. Luke was a public figure, and so
would need to prove that Kesha acted with "actual malice" in
order for him to prevail in his 2014 lawsuit.
The court also said that Kesha should be allowed to file
counterclaims against Dr. Luke for emotional distress, punitive
damages and legal fees. The ruling reversed lower court rulings
against Kesha, clearing the way for her case to go to trial.
In 2014, Kesha sued Dr. Luke and Sony Group's Sony Music in
order to get out of her multi-album recording deal, saying the
producer had drugged and raped her in 2005.
Dr. Luke then sued her for defamation, denying the claim and
saying the singer had made a series of false statements on
social media, in court filings and in text messages to fellow
pop star Lady Gaga.
Kesha had a string of hits beginning in 2009, including "Tik Tok"
and "We R Who We R."
(Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York,; Editing by Alexia
Garamfalvi and Jonathan Oatis)
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