Why did Dr Luke kill tweet?
Renowned music producer Dr Luke, entangled in a legal battle with US singer Kesha, has suspiciously deleted a controversial tweet. The Sony producer, whose real name is Luke Gottwald, was alleged to have drugged and raped the 28-year-old singer, whose real name is Kesha Rose Sebert, 10 years ago.He was never charged.Yesterday, Twitter was ablaze with tweets of images of Gottwald's official handle - @TheDoctorLuke - timeline showing he had deleted an image of Sebert asleep with the caption "Damn my artists work hard".Kesha's supporters retweeted the image and questioned why he deleted the picture if he maintains that he is innocent.@GlitterSebert wrote: "Dr Luke deleted this yesterday. This is obviously evidence he was trying to hide."Sebert shot to fame in 2010 with the hit Tik Tok. She has been trying to get her recording contract with Sony cancelled and refuses to work with Gottwald.On Friday the singer was dealt a blow when a court ruled that Sony would suffer harm if Sebert did not abide by the contract...
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