Dr Luke has filed his own legal action after being accused of physically, emotionally and sexually abusing Kesha over a 10-year period.

The producer, who has worked with the US singer since signing her to his label in 2005, allegedly made repeated sexual advances on her and would 'force her to consume alcohol and drugs in order to lower her inhibitions and defences'.

Kesha launched legal action against Dr Luke with the hope of being released from a contract she has with him.

The producer has now filed a legal complaint against the singer, with his attorney Christine Lepera telling the Gossip Cop:

"As set forth in the complaint that we have filed on behalf of Dr Luke, Kesha and her mother are engaged in a campaign of publishing outrageous and untrue statements about Dr Luke to third parties, including scurrilous and false statements of purported physical and mental abuse of Kesha.

"These are allegations that Kesha and Pebe have themselves admitted are false. The complaint explains that Kesha and her mother Pebe have wielded these defamatory statements in an attempt to extort Gottwald into releasing Kesha from her exclusive recording agreement with Dr Luke.

"We understand that Kesha has filed a lawsuit of her own against Dr Luke, though we have not yet seen it. Undoubtedly, Kesha's lawsuit is nothing more than a continuation of her bad and offensive acts. We are confident that Dr Luke will prevail in all matters, and that our client will be awarded substantial damages for this malicious conduct."

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