--- title: Dr. Luke Lawyer Denies Sony Dropped Him Over Kesha Lawsuit description: The producer is in an ongoing legal battle with the pop star, who accused him of verbal and sexual assault in a 2014 lawsuit canonical: https://time.com/4252867/dr-luke-denies-being-dropped-by-sony-kesha/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-09T22:33:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:45:24.232Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Dr. Luke's Lawyer: Report of Sony Dropping Music Producer Is 'Not True' og:description: The producer is in an ongoing legal battle with pop star Kesha og:url: https://time.com/4252867/dr-luke-denies-being-dropped-by-sony-kesha/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt386b73185a58801a/69888a59bc6cfc91f33dc153/dr-luke.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 31st Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dr. Luke's Lawyer: Report of Sony Dropping Music Producer Is 'Not True' twitter:description: The producer is in an ongoing legal battle with pop star Kesha twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt386b73185a58801a/69888a59bc6cfc91f33dc153/dr-luke.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dr. Luke's Lawyer: Report of Sony Dropping Music Producer Is 'Not True' > Sponsored content. 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Producer Dr. Luke in Hollywood, CA, on April 23, 2014.Jason LaVeris—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Mar 9, 2016 10:33 PM UTC A lawyer for music producer Dr. Luke is responding to a [report](https://www.thewrap.com/sony-to-drop-dr-luke-amid-public-pressure-over-kesha-internal-headaches-exclusive/) that Sony Music Entertainment will cut ties with him amid his legal battle with pop star Kesha, who has accused him of verbal and sexual abuse. The allegations are part of an ongoing lawsuit that has consumed the music industry in recent weeks. Earlier Wednesday [The Wrap](https://www.thewrap.com/sony-to-drop-dr-luke-amid-public-pressure-over-kesha-internal-headaches-exclusive/) reported that Sony will “end its working relationship” with Dr. Luke (real name: Lukasz Gottwald) a year before his contract is set to expire. Jim Bates of Sitrick and Company issued a statement to TIME from Christine Lepera, an attorney for Luke: --- > “” --- A representative for Sony declined to comment to TIME. Representatives for Kesha did not return TIME’s request for comment. Kesha (real name: Kesha Sebert) first accused Gottwald of sexual assault [in a 2014 lawsuit](http://time.com/3507036/kesha-dr-luke-lawsuit/). Gottwald, who produced many of Kesha’s hits in addition to songs for Katy Perry, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus, has [repeatedly denied](http://time.com/4233198/dr-luke-lawsuit-kesha/) the allegations. (He also filed [a countersuit in 2014](http://time.com/3507036/kesha-dr-luke-lawsuit/).) At a hearing last month, [a judge ruled that Kesha](http://time.com/4231050/kesha-denied-injunction-dr-luke/) could not be let out of her recording contracts while her lawsuit plays out in court. Since then, artists such as [Lady Gaga](http://www.people.com/article/lady-gaga-says-kesha-being-shamed-in-dr-luke-rape-lawsuit) and [Adele](http://time.com/4236175/adele-kesha-support-brit-awards/) have voiced their support for the singer. Taylor Swift also [donated $250,000](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/22/taylor-swift-kesha-donation-250000) to the singer. Lawyers for Sony suggested at the hearing that the company was open to having Kesha record new music without Dr. Luke’s involvement, but Kesha’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, called this an [“illusory promise”](http://time.com/4236256/kesha-statement-lawsuit-dr-luke/) and said such an arrangement would set Kesha up for failure. The company’s ties to Gottwald, he argued, would keep Sony from properly promoting Kesha’s music. Kesha is signed to Gottwald’s Kemosabe Records, a Sony subsidiary, through a deal with Gottwald’s Kasz Money production company. Last month, an attorney for Sony told the New York _Times_ that the company [did not have the power](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/arts/music/kesha-speaks-out-about-dr-luke-case-as-adele-voices-support.html) to terminate Kesha’s recording contract: “Sony has made it possible for Kesha to record without any connection, involvement or interaction with Luke whatsoever, but Sony is not in a position to terminate the contractual relationship between Luke and Kesha.” Fans of the singer announced Wednesday that they [are planning a Friday march](http://time.com/4252608/kesha-fans-march-sony-headquarters-protest/) on Sony Music Entertainment’s New York City headquarters, where they plan to present petitions with more than 400,000 signatures calling for Kesha to be released from her contracts. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4252867/dr-luke-denies-being-dropped-by-sony-kesha/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4252867/dr-luke-denies-being-dropped-by-sony-kesha/"},"headline":"Dr. Luke's Lawyer: Report of Sony Dropping Music Producer Is 'Not True'","datePublished":"2016-03-09T22:33:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:45:24.232Z","description":"The producer is in an ongoing legal battle with pop star Kesha, who accused him of verbal and sexual assault in a 2014 lawsuit","url":"https://time.com/4252867/dr-luke-denies-being-dropped-by-sony-kesha/","keywords":["Music","Kesha"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt386b73185a58801a/69888a59bc6cfc91f33dc153/dr-luke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt386b73185a58801a/69888a59bc6cfc91f33dc153/dr-luke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"31st Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards","caption":"31st Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4252867/dr-luke-denies-being-dropped-by-sony-kesha/","name":"Dr. Luke's Lawyer: Report of Sony Dropping Music Producer Is 'Not True'"}}]}] ```