It's been over two years since Kesha and Dr. Luke's legal battle began, when the singer filed suit against the producer to end their working relationship. Per Rolling Stone, in her suit the singer claims Dr. Luke "sexually, physically, verbally, and emotionally abused [Kesha] to the point where [she] nearly lost her life." Dr. Luke filed a countersuit for defamation and breach of contract. In February 2016, a New York court denied Kesha's injunction to terminate the contract. Today, emails reportedly from Dr. Luke were published by Page Six, revealing shocking details of body-shaming abuse by the producer.
In an email exchange that allegedly occurred between Kesha's manager Monica Cornia and Dr. Luke, the producer berates Kesha for straying from her juice cleanse. “Nobody was calling anybody out,” Dr. Luke reportedly wrote to Cornia on June 28, 2012. "We were having a discussion on how she can be more disciplined with her diet. there have been many times we have all witnessed her breaking her diet plan. this perticular [sic] time — it happened to be Diet Coke and turkey while on an all juice fast."
To that, Cornia reportedly urged the producer to be more supportive as Kesha is "a human and not a machine." "If she were a machine that would be way cool and we could do whatever we want,” Cornia reportedly wrote.
In another email exchange shared by Kesha's team, Dr. Luke reportedly writes that "A-list songwriters and producers are reluctant to give Kesha their songs because of her weight."
Kesha's legal team allegedly shared the emails in attempt to get a judge to reconsider last year's verdict which denied her request to be severed from her contract with Sony. At the time, the Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich explained her decision by saying, "Sony would suffer irreparable harm if Kesha was not compelled to abide by a contract that requires her to make six more albums with the company," as paraphrased by The New York Daily News, and it would "undermine the state’s laws governing contracts."
Kesha wants to “be free from her abuser and rebuild her physical, emotional, and mental health,” her legal team wrote in documents filed this week, per Page Six.
