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Sony super-producer Dr. Luke is seeing double in his libel case against Kesha’s mom — filing a second lawsuit that builds on the first.

Hitmaker Lukasz Gottwald, whom Kesha has accused of drugging, raping and emotionally abusing her over the course of a decade, sued Pebe Sebert this week for allegedly continuing to “publicly defame” him after his original October 2014 suit, The Wrap reports.

In addition to claiming the mother-daughter duo had promoted “false and shocking accusations” about the Kemosabe Records founder, the lawsuit reportedly cites a March interview Pebe Sebert gave Billboard magazine — in which she alleged Gottwald had treated the pop star like a “prisoner” and subjected her to daily abuse.

The new papers — filed Wednesday in Tennessee federal court and seeking unspecified damages — also cite a November tweet from the 60-year-old Sebert, who allegedly wrote, “Kesha can’t legally put out music unless she makes it under complete control of a man who raped her at 18.”

Gottwald’s attorney Christine Lepera told the Daily News in a statement that Pebe Sebert had continued lobbying “outrageous, false, and defamatory statements against Dr. Luke in her widespread media campaign to damage him and smear his name” after the original lawsuit.

“Pebe Sebert’s lawyers flat out refused to allow us to add those statements to the existing case or to toll the statute of limitations on them — so we’ve been compelled to file an additional action,” Lepera said.

Meanwhile, Pebe Sebert’s lawyer Alex Little blasted the lawsuit in a statement to The News — claiming it marked “Dr. Luke’s second effort to sue a mother for publicly supporting and believing her daughter about being raped.”

“It’s also a transparent attempt to delay the trial of these issues,” he added. “Mrs. Sebert looks forward to presenting her case to a jury as soon as possible. When the evidence is made public, she expects the jury will conclude that all of her statements have been justified.”

Kesha, seeking to exit a six-album deal with Sony under her ex-mentor and alleged rapist, filed a California civil suit against Gottwald in October 2014 alleging sexual assault, gender violence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The producer responded with a countersuit in New York for defamation and breach of contract, and that city was deemed the proper forum for their court clash.

After Gottwald won major victories in February and April that kept the “TiK ToK” singer bound to her contract, the singer in August dismissed her California lawsuit to focus on her music — but still plans to forge ahead with a separate legal battle in New York.

Source: NY Daily News

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