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Earlier today the news broke that Kesha was suing former producer Dr. Luke for sexual and physical abuse, but now Dr. Luke (nee Lukasz Gottwald) has filed a counter suit and shot down the singer's accusations.

In his suit, which was filed just hours after Kesha's, Luke says the allegations are lies created by both Kesha and mother, Pebe, along with Kesha's new management firm. Luke's lawyer, Christine Lepera, tells TMZ Kesha's abuse suit is part of "a campaign of publishing outrageous and untrue statements," adding that Kesha and her mom have already admitted the statements are false.

Luke claims he's had a copy of Kesha's abuse lawsuit for several months now, and she was threatening to file it if he didn't release her from her recording contract. Additionally, Luke claims Kesha tried extort him by threatening to release false stories to a blogger who started a "Free Kesha" website as well.

Hmm, who do you believe?