Maeve McDermott

USATODAY

After denying Kesha a preliminary injunction in February, a New York judge has thrown out Kesha's case against Sony Music, dismissing her claims that her producer Dr. Luke sexually assaulted and emotionally abused her.

The Associated Press reports that Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich, in a ruling Wednesday, said that Kesha's claims against Dr. Luke (real name: Lukasz Gottwald) can't go forward because the alleged incidents happened outside New York and beyond the legal time limit.

The court also rejected Kesha's claims that Sony and Dr. Luke's treatment counted as a hate crime, saying that "every rape is not a gender-motivated hate crime."

"Although [Dr. Luke’s] alleged actions were directed to Kesha, who is female, [her claims] do not allege that [Luke] harbored animus toward women or was motivated by gender animus when he allegedly behaved violently toward Kesha," the court noted, according to the Daily Beast.

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The court's ruling Wednesday follows earlier reports that Sony offered to break Kesha's contract with Dr. Luke's Sony imprint, Kemosabe, if the singer rescinded her rape accusations against the producer. According to the judge, Kesha acted unreasonably by rejecting this offer.

Kesha's lawyers had previously filed an appeal to the judge's February ruling to hold Kesha to her recording contract with Dr. Luke, after she sued him in 2014 for ongoing abuse, including drugging and raping her a decade ago.

The AP reports that one portion of Kesha's claims, involving contract issues, still survives in court.

USA TODAY has contacted lawyers and representatives for Kesha and Dr. Luke for comment.

Sony Music Entertainment — Dr. Luke's partner in Kesha's record label, Kemosabe Records, declined to comment, according to the AP.

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Meanwhile, Kesha is appealing an earlier ruling rejecting a bid to be freed from her contract, Dr. Luke's breach-of-contract claims against her are ongoing, and so are California and Tennessee lawsuits surrounding a dispute that has rippled through the entertainment business.

Kesha fans have called on Sony to sever ties with Dr. Luke. The maker of an upcoming PBS miniseries about pop music has said he's considering cutting scenes with Dr. Luke, and Kesha has gotten an outpouring of support from celebrities, including Taylor Swift, Adele and Lady Gaga.

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Contributing: The Associated Press