Kesha is gaining some ground in her legal battle against her longtime music producer Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald.
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In his own countersuit, Gottwald called Kesha's allegations "defamatory" and false. He accused the popstar and her mother Pebe Sebert of extortion and fabricating lies of assault and emotional damage just to get Kesha out of their binding contract.
Gottwald also accused Sebert and Kesha's newly-hired manager at the time, Jack Rovner of Vector Management, of wrongful interference with contractual relationships. He alleged Kesha took acts to repudiate her recording agreement and violate its terms under the hope Vector would offer her a larger financial stake from the success of her future albums.
Earlier this week, a New York Supreme Court judge dismissed Gottwald's claims about Sebert and Rovner specifically.
"The tortious interference claim must be dismissed against [Rovner] because they are alleged to have acted in the scope of their authority for the purpose of increasing Kesha's income (and, thereby, their own)," the judge wrote in her ruling, according to court documents obtained by E! News.
"Although Gottwald alleged that Rovner hates and is jealous of [him], that is not enough. The cases require a showing that the agent acted outside the scope of his authority, in bad faith, and committed an independent tort. Even assuming hatred and jealousy amount to bad faith, they are not torts."
As for Sebert, the judge reportedly decided there is no jurisdiction over her.
Kesha is due back in court February 19 for an injunction hearing, where the judge will rule if she has publishing rights to her own music and can record with other producers.
"I'm dying to put out music, I'm like dying, literally," Kesha told Entertainment Weekly in October, according to E! News.
"But while I can't, I'm just gathering ideas and just praying for the day to come soon that I can put out music. It's all over the place. I have no idea what it's going to sound like. All I know is I have a lot to write about. There's so much to say right now. Nothing to speak of for sure yet, but just pray for it."
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