Kesha’s ‘Hate Crime’ Claims Against Dr. Luke Thrown Out By Judge

New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich has just given Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald) a huge legal victory by dismissing all but one of Kesha Rose Sebert’s counterclaims against the producer.

美国最高法院大法官Shirley Kornreich驳回了凯莎·罗丝·赛博特对其制作人Dr. Luke大部分控诉，这为Dr. Luke带来了法律上的胜利。

Following up on her decision to deny an injunction, the judge examines Kesha’s allegations accusing Dr. Luke of drugging and raping her a decade ago and committing ongoing abuse and determines that some of her claims fail because of lack of jurisdiction and other claims just don’t make the elements.

在拒绝禁令之后，法官审核了钱婆对于Dr. Luke在十年前强迫她使用毒品以及强奸她和后续虐待的指控，之后认定其中一些指控因为审判权缺失而无效，而其他指控并不成立。

On Kesha’s assertion that Dr. Luke has violated New York statutes commonly referred to as “hate crime” laws, Kornreich says the facts as pled don’t add up to the allegation that Dr. Luke harbored animus towards women.

凯莎在指控中称，Dr. Luke犯下了纽约法律中所指的“仇恨犯罪”。而Kornreich表示在辩护中呈交的事实并不足以构成Dr. Luke对女性怀有敌意。

“Every rape is not a gender-motivated hate crime,” she writes.

她写道：“并非每起强奸案都是性别造成的仇恨犯罪。”

Kornreich also rules that such a claim can’t be predicated on abusive remarks and threats made over a ten-year period - that there needs to be physical violence or property damage. The only allegation that fits is Dr. Luke’s alleged assault of Kesha on an airplane and rape in a hotel before 2008, just past the seven-year statute-of-limitations. “The claim is time-barred,” states the judge’s opinion.

Kornreich同样裁定这样的指控并不能被视为近十年的虐待和威胁，因为这需要身体暴力或者造成实质性的伤害。唯一适用于Dr. Luke的指控是2008年前在一架飞机上对钱婆的公然侮辱和在酒店内的强奸，而这指控恰好过了七年的诉讼有效期。法官表示：“指控已经失去了时效。”

As for a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress, the judge writes that “insults about her value as an artist, her looks, and her weight are insufficient to constitute extreme, outrageous conduct intolerable in civilized society.”

至于钱婆发起的蓄意精神损伤这项指控，法官写道：“这损害了她作为艺人的价值，她的外表、体重不足以承担文明社会所不忍的极端粗暴行为。”

Kesha was hoping for a declaratory judgment that her recording and songwriting agreements with Dr. Luke’s companies were void and unenforceable, and while there’s one counterclaim that survives as to whether her agreement terminated when she was sued for breach of contract, she can’t use Dr. Luke’s failure to sue for performance as an out. “Courts generally will not enforce a contract for personal services because slavery has been outlawed since the 19th Century,” notes the judge.

钱婆期待着法院确认判决她和Dr. Luke的公司所签立的录音、创作歌曲合同无效且不能被强制执行。然而尽管有一项指控能够在她合同到期之际使她免于被控违约，她也无法利用Dr. Luke的败诉结果进行表演。法官表示：“通常法院不会执行关于私人服务的合同，因为19世纪后奴隶制就是非法的。”

Maybe most disastrous for Kesha, the judge is dismissing the claims without an opportunity to amend her complaint. She recently added a star attorney to her team and has filed an appeal over the judge’s decision to deny an injunction on the basis that after expending $20 million building Kesha’s career, it was commercially unreasonable to rip up a contract. Unfortunately for her, there’s pretty much no good news for the pop superstar from the decision today.

也许对于钱婆来说打击最大的是法官并没有给她修正指控的机会。近日，她又聘请了一支顶级律师团队，并且对法官的裁决提出上诉，这已经花费了她两千万美金。花如此重金撕毁合约其实是十分不合理的。然而，如今这位流行歌手很难改变当下格局。

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