PERRY’S STORY
PRODUCER DR. LUKE DIDN’T RAPE HER, KATY SAYS
“No,” was Katy Perry’s reply to the question on whether music producer Dr. Luke had raped her.
This was according to Us Weekly magazine, which obtained unsealed deposition from July 2017 wherein Perry, 33, was called to testify in the ongoing battle between Dr. Luke and singer Kesha.
When asked if Dr. Luke had sexually assaulted her, Perry replied: “Absolutely not.” There was also no date-rape drug involved and she did not mention—whether in a joke or not—that Dr. Luke, 44, raped her.
“Katy Perry testified under oath in this case that Dr. Luke never raped her,” Dr. Luke’s attorneys said in a statement. “Regardless, Kesha refused to apologize. Instead, she issued a press release which again irresponsibly suggested that Katy Perry was actually raped by Dr. Luke. It seems that Kesha wanted to perpetuate the falsehood that Dr. Luke raped Katy Perry.”
Kesha, in her own statement, said: “With regard to Dr. Luke’s claim that Kesha defamed him by falsely stating he also assaulted Katy Perry, Kesha has never claimed to have any independent knowledge of any alleged assault of Katy Perry (which Ms. Perry has denied in a later deposition).”
The rape issue came about because last June, The Blast reported that Kesha sent a text message to Lady Gaga that
Dr. Luke had raped Perry. But Kesha never made a public statement about the alleged rape.
Lady Gaga was also deposed in relation to the court battle between Dr. Luke and the 31-yearold “Tik Tok” singer. According to court documents, Gaga said: “I saw information about Kesha that was related to her having difficulty getting away from a record producer that had allegedly raped her.”
On the issue of Perry, Gaga said she heard from an Interscope official that there was a report that Dr. Luke assaulted Perry. “Yes, and I don’t know that he used the word ‘rumor.’ I don’t recall exactly the way he said it. I just recall that it was brought up,” said Gaga. “He said something like I heard he raped Katy, too.”
While Perry said she was not raped, she no longer collaborates with Dr. Luke, saying, “I had to leave the nest.” Dr. Luke and Perry worked together in her first two albums: “Teenage Dream” (2010) and “Prism” (2013).
Kesha sued Dr. Luke in 2014 claiming she could no longer work with him because he allegedly raped her and continued to bully her because of her weight. She wanted to be released from a contract with Dr. Luke’s imprint with Sony Records.
Several female singers came out and defended Kesha, some saying negative things about Dr. Luke but not necessarily affirming sexual harassment tendencies.
Dr. Luke countersued for breach of contract and defamation.
In her own deposition, Kelly Clarkson called Dr. Luke a bully.
“In general, I don’t know anyone that likes him,” said Clarkson. “People have said he is sleazy. People have said he is belittling, the same kind of things that I say. He is very, I mean, just to be blunt, he can be kind of a bully and demeaning. I don’t like him as a person.”