AFTER A JUDGE RULED FRIDAY THAT CAPTURE CANNOT BE RELEASED
FROM HER CONTRACT WITH DOCTOR LEWIS ñ DOCTOR LUKE, DURING
HER SEXUAL ABUSE TRIAL, MANY OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC HAVE
COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF HER ON TWITTER, AS WELL AS FINANCIALLY.
KESHA FIRST SUED DOCTOR LUKE IN CALIFORNIA IN OCTOBER OF
TWO DOZEN FOURTEEN, ACCUSING HIM OF USING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
TO COMMIT SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST HER, WHILE WIELDING POWER
OVER HER CAREER TO KEEP HER SILENT.
RALLYING BEHIND THE FREE CLASSIC CAMPAIGN, MUSICIANS HAVE A
VOICE
SUPPORT IN RECENT DAYS FOR KESHA.
FURTHER, TAYLOR SWIFT SAID THAT SHE WOULD DONATE $250,000
TO KESHA TO HELP WITH ANY OF HER FINANCIAL NEED DURING
THIS TRYING TIME.
THE STATE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT TESSA CANNOT BE RELEASED
FROM HER RECORDING CONTRACT, AND A LAWYER ARGUED THAT HER
CAREER IS AT A STANDSTILL
BECAUSE OF HER REFUSAL TO RECORD WITH DOCTOR LUKE.
THE CONTRACT REQUIRES THAT SHE PRODUCED AT LEAST SIX SONGS
ON EACH OF HER ALBUMS.
A LAWYER FOR DOCTOR LUKE SAID THAT SHE IS ALREADY FREE TO
RECORD AND RELEASE MUSIC WITHOUT WORKING WITH DOCTOR LUKE AS
A PRODUCER IF SHE DOESN'T WANT TO.
ANY CLAIM THAT SHE ISN'T FREE IS A MYTH.
SHE IS ALLOWED TO RELEASE MUSIC WITHOUT DOCTOR LUKE, BUT IT
WOULD NOT BE UNDER SONY'S NAME, SO THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY PREVENT
HER FROM HAVING BETTER PUBLICITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THIS IS
CLEARLY FINANCIALLY INHIBITING
HER QUITE A BIT.
OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS STORY AND SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.
NONETHELESS, DOCTOR LUKE IS NOT A COOL NAME.
I KNOW THAT IS AN EFFORT TO BE COOL BECAUSE THERE IS DOCTOR IN
FRONT OF IT, DOCTOR LUKE MAKES
ME THINK OF GENERAL HOSPITAL, SO ALREADY WE ARE OFF TO A BAD
START.
IT'S NOT A BAD NAME IF YOU ARE A DERMATOLOGIST.
I'M GOING TO SEE DOCTOR LUKE, GOOD FOR YOU HE'S TERRIFIC.
BUT OH MAN, THAT GUY IS SO BAD ASS, DOCTOR LUKE, NOT BUYING IT.
DOCTOR KYLE IS PRODUCING MY ALBUM.
SO HIP.
FURTHERMORE, I DON'T KNOW WHY ALL THESE YEARS KESHA HAS
BEEN POSING AS SAM SHOCKER FROM DOCTOR.
KESHA LOOKS LIKE SHE HASN'T BEEN SLEEPING FOR A WILD.
SAM IS A MORE ATTRACTIVE VERSION, NO OFFENSE, WHO
SLEPT EVERY ONCE AND A WILD.
ANYWAY, ON TO THE SUBSTANCE.
THIS IS TOUGH TO ADJUDICATE IN THE PRESS.
I KNOW WE MAKE JUDGMENTS ON STUFF LIKE THIS ALL THE
TIME, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS RIGHT, WHO IS WRONG.
JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE ACCUSES SOMEONE OF A HORRIBLE
THING, IN THIS CASE ACTUALLY, PHYSICALLY, VERBALLY AND
EMOTIONALLY ABUSING HER, DOES NOT MEAN SHE IS RIGHT.
SHE NEVER WENT TO COURT, THERE IS NO CRIMINAL CHARGES, SO
HOW ARE WE TO KNOW?
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH DOCTOR LUKE ARE APPARENTLY
ON HER SITE, INCLUDING A LOT OF FEMALE ARTISTS.
TO ME, KELLY CLARKSON WAS, NOT DETERMINED, THAT IS TOO STRONG,
BUT IT IS A STRONG INDICATION
THAT KESHA MIGHT BE TELLING THE TRUTH.
BECAUSE KELLY CLARKSON WORKED WITH DOCTOR LUKE, HE
PRODUCED ONE OF HER BIGGEST HITS, AND HE CAME OUT ñ
SHE CAME OUT AND SAID, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BAD
ABOUT ANYBODY, SO I WON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT DOCTOR LUKE.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT INNUENDO PUT YOU IN JAIL, BUT THAT'S
NOT THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING.
THE CONVERSATION IS, SHOULD SHE BE FORCED INTO DOING HER
MUSICAL RECORDINGS WITH THIS GUY WHO HAS DONE, WHAT SHE
CLAIMS ARE TERRIBLE THINGS IN THE PAST?
THE JUDGE SAYS IT IS A VALID CONTRACT, IT WAS THOROUGHLY
NEGOTIATED.
IT IS NOT LIKE, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING, I ENTERED
INTO A CONTRACT.
BUT IT APPEARS THAT ALMOST ALL OF THE ARTISTS, AT THIS POINT,
ARE ON ONE SIDE SAYING LET HER
GO.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE ARE OTHER WAYS, IF ALL SHE
WANTED WAS TO GET OUT OF THE CONTRACT, THERE ARE OTHER
WAYS TO DO THAT THAN TO CLAIM SOMETHING THIS BIG.
FROM THE SUPPORT SHE IS GETTING FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD
INTERACTIONS WITH HIM, OBVIOUSLY ANY WOMAN WHO CLAIMS THIS I AM
INCLINED TO BELIEVE UNTIL PROVEN
OTHERWISE, AND FRANKLY, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NO JUDGMENT ON THE
CASE, OR ON HIS CHARACTER, IS THAT I USED TO BE A HOSTESS AT A
RESTAURANT AND WE HAD A LOT OF CELEBRITY CLIENTELE, HE CAME IN
ONCE AND WAS THE BIGGEST DOUCHEBAG I HAVE EVER
ENCOUNTERED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
HE DEMANDED A TABLE FOR TEN PEOPLE DURING OUR BIGGEST HOURS,
SORRY, DOESN'T EXIST, AND HE JUST WALKED RIGHT IN THE
RESTAURANT, SAT DOWN, STARTED
PULLING CHAIRS FROM OTHER TABLES.
JEREMY PIVEN WAS A FREQUENT CLIENT KNOWN AS BEING A TOTAL
DOUCHEBAG, AND DOCTOR LUKE TOTALLY ECLIPSED HIM.
A PERSON THAT FEELS THAT
ENTITLED TO EVERYTHING
MIGHT FEEL ENTITLED TO OTHER THINGS.
IT IS JUST ONE ANECDOTE, DON'T ñ
AND WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE A CERTAIN OPINION ON SOMETHING,
IT DOES NOT MEAN WE THINK ANYONE SHOULD GO TO JAIL OVER IT.
THERE ARE PROCEEDINGS FOR IT, CIVIL CHARGES OR CRIMINAL
CHARGES.
WE ARE JUST EXPRESSING AN OPINION.
BY THE WAY, COMING IN AND PULLING YOUR OWN CHAIRS TO
CREATE YOUR OWN TABLE, THAT IS SUCH A DOCTOR LUKE MOVE.
OF COURSE LET'S LEAVE THE FACTS OF ANY RESULT, WE JUST
DON'T KNOW.
YES IT IS INCREDIBLY UNLUCKY ñ UNLIKELY, BUT POSSIBLE THAT
DESPERATION COULD LEAD TO THIS MOVE IF YOU COULD NOT GET OUT OF
THE CONTRACT, BUT I'M WITH YOU, I'M INCLINED TO BELIEVE ANYONE
WHO WOULD PUT THEMSELVES THROUGH
THIS.
SO, WITH OUR DOUBT, WITHOUT DOUBTING THAT SHE WOULDN'T
MAKE IT UP, SONY NEEDS TO STEP UP.
DOCTOR LUKE IS IT MORE POWERFUL THAN SONY, SONY DOESN'T
HAVE TO FIRE HIM, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE EVERYBODY
WILL AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A LOSS IN THE PROCESS.
WERE KEEP HER UNDER CONTRACT, AND SAY, WE ARE KEEPING YOU
UNDER CONTRACT BUT YOU ARE WORKING WITH DOCTOR KYLE.
BUT SONY TO STEP IN AND SAY, WE ARE LETTING YOU GO.
AND INVESTIGATE IT FIRST.
FIND OUT, AND IF YOU FIND OUT THAT OTHER WOMEN CAN
SUBSTANTIATE IT, OR ANY OF THE THINGS THAT NORMAL
INVESTIGATIONS DO, AND SONY CAN HIRE SERIOUS INVESTIGATORS
TO DO THIS, AND THEY FIND OUT AND THEN THEY MAKE THIS
DEAL AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
BACON AND THIS FIGHT.
AND IF THEY FIND OUT THAT HE HAS DONE IT A BUNCH OF TIMES,
THEN I WOULD THINK TWICE ABOUT DOING A DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT.
IN THIS CASE, I'M ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT SONY WOULD
WITHSTAND THIS REALLY BAD PR WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER
TO SAY, LET'S FIGURE OUT A
DIFFERENT DEAL.
HER ATTORNEY, WHO HAS OBVIOUSLY HAD MANY HIGH-PROFILE
CASES GOES, "THE JUDGE SAID YOU ARE ASKING THE COURT TO DECIMATE
A CONTRACT THAT WAS HEAVILY NEGOTIATED AND IS TYPICAL FOR
THE INDUSTRY; HOWEVER, SONY INDICATED THAT THE LABEL WOULD
BE OPEN TO HAVING KESHA RECORD OUTSIDE OF DOCTOR LUKE'S
PURVIEW."
HE SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH HE WANTED COMPLETE SEPARATION,
THIS IS A POSITIVE MOVE.
WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.