Kesha and producer Dr Luke settle long-running lawsuit

Pop vocalist Kesha and euphony shaper Dr Luke person reached an statement to settee a years-long defamation lawsuit.

In a identical connection they each shared connected Instagram, the 2 said they "agreed to a resolution" of the case.

Lukasz Gottwald, amended known arsenic Dr Luke, sued Kesha successful 2014, saying she had fabricated rape claims against him to get retired of a signaling contract.

Kesha, whose afloat sanction is Kesha Rose Sebert, roseate to fame with Dr Luke-produced hits Tik Tok and We R Who We R.

She sued him successful 2014, seeking to void their declaration because, her lawyers claimed, helium had "sexually, physically, verbally, and emotionally abused [Kesha] to the constituent wherever [she] astir mislaid her life".

The allegations of maltreatment included 2 instances successful which Kesha claimed Gottwald had drugged and raped her.

A proceedings was owed to statesman connected 19 July. The retired of tribunal colony comes days aft a New York appeals tribunal ruled Dr Luke to beryllium a nationalist figure, raising the load of impervious for the shaper to successfully beryllium helium had been defamed.

The presumption of their woody person not been publically released.

Their Instagram statement, which included quotes from each of them, said they "agreed to contented and station a associated connection regarding that resolution".

"Only deity knows what happened that night," Kesha's connection said, adding: "As I person ever said, I cannot recount everything that happened.

"I americium looking guardant to closing the doorway connected this section of my beingness and opening a caller one. I privation thing but bid to each parties involved."

Dr Luke, who has recorded hits for Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne and Flo Rida, said helium was grateful to "put this hard substance down maine and determination connected with my life".

"While I admit Kesha again acknowledging that she cannot recount what happened that nighttime successful 2005, I americium perfectly definite that thing happened," helium said.

"I ne'er drugged oregon assaulted her and would ne'er bash that to anyone. For the involvement of my family, I person vigorously fought to wide my sanction for astir 10 years," helium continued.

He ended by saying: "I privation Kesha well."