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The Judge in Kesha's Case is Having Her Impartiality Called Into Question

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Several months after news initially broke of Kesha’s legal allegations against music producer Dr. Luke, legal experts are still questioning the outcome. New details surrounding the case reveal that the presiding judge may not have been in a position to be impartial. 

In April of this year, New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich dismissed an appeal by Kesha and her team, which accused Dr. Luke of committing a hate crime against the pop star. Kornreich ruled that “every rape is not a gender-motivated hate crime,” adding that “insults about [Kesha’s] value as an artist, her looks and her weight are insufficient to constitute extreme, outrageous conduct intolerable in civilized society.”

As if her reasoning isn’t infuriating enough, Kornreich was recently found to have strong familial connections to Sony’s law firm, Proskauer Rose. Ed Kornreich, Justice Kornreich’s husband, is a lawyer at the firm.

Although Dr. Luke was not represented by Proskauer Rose, legal expert Troy Slaten still deems the connection problematic. He explains to E! News that “judges are not supposed to preside over cases where they have an actual or potential financial interest in the outcome.” In fact, he says, “The rules go so far as to say that even somebody in the judge's family should not have a financial interest in the outcome of litigation."

In the unlikely event that this was an oversight on the Kornreichs’ part, Kesha is still able to appeal the dismissal of her case. Sadly, Kesha’s case is just another example of how little support sexual assault victims receive in the legal process and how much of the burden falls on the victims themselves.

Thankfully, Kesha has returned to her music and we hope that, regardless of how she proceeds with the case, she comes out of this stronger and happier.


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