PRODUCER DOCTOR LUKE HAS FINALLY BROKEN HIS SILENCE
IN REGARDS TO HIS ONGOING LAWSUIT WITH KE$HA SAYING
THAT HE DIDN'T RAPE HER AND THAT THESE ARE MATTERS TO BE
HASHED OUT IN COURT RATHER THAN ON TWITTER.
HE TOOK TO TWITTER AND IN A SERIES OF TWEETS COMMENTED
ON THE LACK OF INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE RAMIFICATIONS
OF THE RAPE ACCUSATIONS AS WELL AS COMMENTED ON A 2011 TESTIMONY
WERE KE$HA SAID THAT SHE WAS NOT RAPED BY DOCTOR LUKE.
SOME OF THE TWEETS WERE ñ
I AM SURE WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE A LOT TO SAY ON THIS.
FIRST, I WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF HIS TWEETS BECAUSE I FEEL
VERY STRONGLY ON THIS CASE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAID ñ HE CITED THE UVA AND DUKE CASE.
HE ALSO GOES INTO CITED 2011
TESTIMONY WERE KE$HA SAID THAT SHE HAD NOT BEEN RAPED.
THE EXACT TRANSCRIPT SAID THAT SHE WAS ASKED WHETHER OR
NOT THEY HAD AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP.
I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE A SEXUAL
ASSAULT AS A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.
SHE SAID NO, WHICH I THINK IS A FAIR RESPONSE.
MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS ñ WHEN SHE SAID THAT SHE
WASN'T RAPED, THEN WE TAKE THAT AS PURE FACT.
I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
>>I THINK EVIDENCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN A CASE
LIKE THIS.
OBVIOUSLY I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF VICTIMS OF
SEXUAL ABUSE.
IN THIS SITUATION I TRULY DO BELIEVE THAT THE JUDICIAL
SYSTEM ACTED IN A JUST WAY THAT THEY KEPT KE$HA IN HER CONTRACT
BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS EVIDENCE GIVEN ON THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE.
>> I THINK WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE INTERNET ñ A LOT
OF THIS IS COMING FROM INTERNET COMMENTERS SAYING PROVE IT.
THE FACT IS, TWO TO 10 PERCENT OF RAPE IS FALSE.
>>LET
ME CLARIFY THAT, WHEN PEOPLE SAY WOMEN MAKE FALSE ACCUSATIONS
ALL THE TIME, TWO TO 10 PERCENT OF WOMEN MAKE FALSE ACCUSATIONS.
>>YES.
AND THEN 3.5 PERCENT OF RAPE ñ [VIDEO BUFFERING] ACTUALLY
GO TO FORMULATE CHARGES AGAINST THE ALLEGED RAPIST.
>>ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR POTENTIAL RAPIST IS SOMEBODY THAT HAS
COMPLETE CONTROL OVER YOUR ENTIRE CAREER.
THIS IS AT THE HEIGHT OF HER CAREER.
WE ALL LOVED KE$HA BACK IN THE DAY.
THIS WAS AT THE HEIGHT [VIDEO BUFFERING]
>> WHICH SUCKS.
WHAT WOULD SHE GAIN FROM COMING FORWARD?
>> I AM BEING FORCED TO BE PUT IN A SITUATION WHERE I SEEM
TO BE IN FAVOR OF WHAT DOCTOR LUKE MAY HAVE DONE, BUT
THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THE RECORD LABELS AND THE
WAY THEY MISHANDLE AND EXPLOIT ARTISTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE KE$HA FEELS LIKE SHE IS BEING
UNDERMINED BY HER RECORD LABEL BEFORE THESE RAPE
ACCUSATIONS CAME OUT.
NOW THAT THIS ISSUE HAS DEVELOPED TOWARDS A POINT
WHERE WE HAD THE CLIMACTIC EVENT, FOR HER TO CONTINUE
A RELATIONSHIP WITH SONY WHERE SONY DOES NOT FEASIBLY BURY
HER UNDERNEATH THEIR LABEL, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS MOST
LIKELY GOING TO HAPPEN.
THIS IS SPECULATION.
THAT IS A FEASIBLE REASON AS TO WHY KE$HA COULD BE COMING OUT.
>> YOU CAN GET OUT OF A CONTRACT ñ
>> [VIDEO BUFFERING]
>> TO THE POINT WHERE KE$HA LOST HER LIFE.
SEXUAL ABUSE LIKE YOU SAID IS AN INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.
IF THE FACTS ñ
AND OBVIOUSLY KE$HA HAS THE BEST DEFENSE IMPOSSIBLE FIGHTING
FOR HER, IF THERE WAS MORE EVIDENCE THAT SHE COULD USE
IN THIS CASE TO DEVELOP AN ARGUMENT THAT THERE WAS
GENUINE RAPE IN THIS SITUATION, THE FOCAL POINT WOULD BE ON
SEXUAL ABUSE JUST LIKE YOU SAID.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COURT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE
NOT TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE, THEY ARE TALKING ñ
>>THE COURT PROCEEDINGS WERE CONTRACTUAL.
IT WAS REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT SHE SHOULD STAY IN THE CONTRACT.
>> I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT IF IT IS A FEDERAL CRIME THEN THAT
IS REASON ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO BREAK ñ
>> THEY CAN'T SAY YES YOU WERE.
SHE IS NOT PRESSING CHARGES ON THE SEXUAL ASSAULT ASPECT OF IT.
SHE IS SAYING I WANT TO LET GO OF THIS CONTRACT, HERE ARE
THE REASONS WHY.
SHE DOES NOT WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PERSON
WHO NOT ONLY PROFESSIONALLY SCREWED HER, BUT ALSO SHE
HAD THIS EXPERIENCE WITH.
THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
THE JUDGE CAN'T SAY BACK IN 2010 ñ
>> BUT BACK THEN IF SHE HAD COME OUT AND SAID YES I WAS
RAPED, OR LET'S SAY THERE WERE NO LEGAL PROCEEDINGS THAT
FOLLOWED IT, THE JUDGE IN THAT CASE WOULD HAVE MORE REASON TO
BE ABLE TO NOTIFY KE$HA'S CONTRACT.
>>EXACTLY.
BUT IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WOMEN IN OUR COUNTRY ñ I
DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.
BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WOMEN
IN OUR COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IN POWER DYNAMICS LIKE THIS, FEEL
THAT THEY CAN'T COME OUT.
>>ABSOLUTELY.
>> IF SHE WAS RAPED AND SHE DID EXPERIENCE THIS, WOULD IT
HAVE BEEN BETTER IF SHE WAS ABLE TO COME OUT IN 2010?
OF COURSE.
BUT THAT IS NOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
>>SHE WENT TO REHAB.
SHE HAD AN EATING DISORDER.
SHE WAS IN A BAD PLACE.
I TYPICALLY CAN'T BLAME HER FOR NOT HAVING THE STRENGTH TO
COME OUT AGAINST HER RAPIST.
ACTUALLY, I THINK THE BAD GUY HERE HAS TO BE SONY.
WHY WON'T SONY JUST CANCEL THIS CONTRACT?
I KNOW IT'S LEGALLY NOT THAT SIMPLE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN
SO MANY CONTRACTS WITH MUSIC ARTISTS IN THE PAST WHERE
THEY FOUND DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE ARTIST OR THE COMPANY ISN'T HAPPY, ñ
>> SHE HAS PUT SONY IN A COMPROMISING POSITION.
SHE HAS TARNISHED THE REPUTATION OF SONY.
>> SONY HAS SAID THAT SHE CAN WORK WITH ANOTHER PRODUCER,
BUT THE PROFITS FROM IT ARE CONTRACTUALLY BOUND TO
DOCTOR LUKE.
>>YES, BECAUSE DOCTOR LUKE HAS INVESTED-
FROM SONY'S STANDPOINT HE HAS INVESTED AN AMOUNT OF TIME
AND A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO HER CAREER.
THEREFORE DOCTOR LUKE IS OBLIGATED TO BE PAID OUT ON
THIS CONTRACT.
IF THERE WERE OTHER VICTIMS THAT
CAME OUT AND SAID DOCTOR
LUKE ALSO HAD SEXUAL ALLEGATIONS.
>>I HOPE THERE ARE NO OTHER VICTIMS.
>>BUT IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF NEW INFORMATION THAT WE
COULD TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THIS CASE AND SAY I THINK KE$HA
HAS MORE REASONABLE GROUNDS.
>> AT THIS POINT I DON'T WANT TO ARGUE, I WOULD LIKE TO
FOCUS ON HOW SONY NEEDS TO MAN UP AND SAY THIS IS NOT OKAY.
>> LET'S SAY IT'S NOT TRUE, KE$HA LIED, SONY SHOULD
STILL LOOK AT THIS AND SAY HOLY SHIT, THIS GIRL IS SO
UNHAPPY, SHE IS SAYING THAT SHE WAS RAPED.
WE NEED TO BREAK THIS TIE AND LET HER BE FREE.
>>ABSOLUTELY
NOT THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO BURY HER UNDER THEIR RECORD LABEL.
BURY HER FINANCIALLY, IN A SENSE THAT SHE IS NOT GOING
TO BE ALLOWED TO PUT OUT ANY MUSIC.
>>TAYLOR SWIFT HAD TO DONATE $250,000 TO HER.
SHE HAS BEEN BURIED.
>>THEN WHY WOULD SONY FEEL LIKE THEY WERE PUT IN A TERRIBLE
POSITION BY ONE OF THEIR ARTISTS ALLOW THAT PERSON TO GO OUT
AND MAKE MONEY?
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE FACTS, ñ
>> THIS IS REALLY BAD PR FOR
SONY.
BUT I ALSO THINK ñ DOCTOR LUKE SAYING THAT WE WERE FRIENDS,
SHE IS LIKE MY LITTLE SISTER, DUDE, WHEN IS IT NOT WORTH IT?
JUST SAY IT'S OVER.
WHY WON'T HE JUST ñ
IF HE IS SO WRAPPED UP IN THE FACT THAT THEY WERE SO CLOSE,
AT SOME POINT DON'T YOU THINK YOU ARE DEALING WITH ENOUGH?
WHY DOESN'T HE JUST SAY THIS ISN'T WORTH IT, RIP UP THE
CONTRACT, IT'S OVER.
>> WHAT MAKES THIS REALLY SAD TO ME IS THAT IT IS SUCH AN
UNFORTUNATE ACCURATE REFLECTION OF WHAT THE SURVIVORS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
EVERYTHING THEY DO IS UNDER A MICROSCOPE.
EVERYONE WANTS A PIECE OF THE PROOF THERE AND THERE IS NO
THERE IS NO RESOLVE IF YOU FALL INTO
THAT MURKY 57 PERCENT OF RAPE VICTIMS THAT CANNOT PROVE
THAT THEY WERE RAPED.
SHE JUST WANTS TO MAKE MUSIC AGAIN.
>>I THINK THAT IS A GREAT POINT TO END ON.