Earlier today, TMZ revealed that Kesha is suing Dr. Luke for harassing and sexually assaulting her several times over a ten year period.
The suit contains some genuinely shocking details, including allegations that the famed pop producer forced a teenage Kesha to take drugs and molested her while she was under the influence.
Just hours after news of the accusations went public, Luke (real name: Lukasz Gottwald) filed a suit of his own.
Luke is accusing Kesha of extortion, and claims that she used the threat of a damaging lawsuit to blackmail him for several months before finally filing today.
Gottwald says Kesha conspired with her mother and her new management team to come up with the lawsuit strategy as a means of escaping a contract she signed with Luke’s record company.
Needless to say, this is shaping up to be a long, ugly dispute.
Luke had previously been accused of spurring Kesha’s eating disorder after he attacked her appearance and called a “f-cking refrigerator” on a music video set in front of hundreds of onlookers.
Kesha checked into rehab earlier this year to receive treatment for her body image issues.