Case Brief Gottwald Vs Sebert

Gottwald vs. Sebert was a court case that has to deal with the breaking of a contract. The defendant, Kesha Rose Sebert, is a songwriter as well as a recording artist. The plaintiff, Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald, is a music producer who was suing Sebert and her mother for breach of contract and defamation. The initial contract, which began in 2005, between Sebert and Gottwald stated that Sebert had to provide six albums for Kemosabe/Kasz Money, Inc., a music label. Sebert’s mother, however, felt that the two of them were not being paid fairly. Sebert and her mother attempted to get out of the agreement so that the two could be paid for the effort they put in. Gottwald denied the Sebert girls’ pleas to let Kesha out of her contract and to give her mother back her publishing. Her mother threatened to expose him for sexual and drug related abuse of Kesha unless he complied.

Gottwald denied all of the allegations. On February 19, 2016, the request for a preliminary injunction on behalf of Kesha and her mother was denied. A month later, Sebert appealed the court’s decision. In April of the same year, the judge dismissed Kesha’s allegations because the assaults occurred eight years prior, therefore falling outside of the statute of limitations. Four months later, Sebert dropped her charges against Gottwald due to the emotional distress caused by the