Singer Kesha settles producer Dr. Luke's defamation lawsuit over rape accusation

In 2014, Kesha (right) sued Dr. Luke (left) and Sony Group's Sony Music in order to get out of her multi-album recording deal, saying the producer had drugged and raped her in 2005. Photo: Reuters

Pop star Kesha on Thursday settled a lawsuit brought by her former producer Dr. Luke, who claimed that she defamed him by accusing him of raping her.

Terms of the settlement, announced in a joint statement posted on Instagram, were not made public. Neither admitted wrongdoing.