Music producer Dr. Luke is a self-proclaimed celebrity—and will be treated like a public figure in his ongoing defamation lawsuit against Kesha.
As a result, the producer, whose real name is, is deemed a “public figure” and must prove that Kesha acted with “actual malice” when she accused him of raping her nearly 20 years ago.
“By 2014, when Gottwald initiated this defamation action, he was, by his own account, a celebrity—an acclaimed music producer who had achieved enormous success in a high-profile career,” Judge Michael Garcia“As self-described in the complaint, he ‘has written the most Number One songs of any songwriter ever’ and ‘was named by Billboard as one of the top ten producers of the decade in 2009.’”
The ruling reverses a mid-level appeals court decision that found Dr. Luke was a private figure because he was not a household name and is a significant blow to his legal team, which now has a higher bar to meet at trial. The court also declared that a state judge should allow Kesha to file counterclaims against Dr. Luke.
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