Kesha Lands Major Victory in Defamation Battle Against Dr. Luke Ahead of Trial

A month ahead of the start of a defamation trial between Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald and Kesha Rose Sebert, New York’s top appeals court set the bar higher for the producer to prove that the singer defamed him by accusing him of raping her in 2014.

The New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that Dr. Luke, as a public figure, will have to prove that Kesha acted with “actual malice,” or the knowledge that her statements were false or made with reckless…