Sideshow: Rapper Kesha claims producer abused her

Kesha Rose Sebert, 27, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against former music producer Dr. Luke (Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald) alleging she has been "sexually, physically, verbally and emotionally abused" for nearly a decade by him.

Kesha says Dr. Luke once forced her to snort an unnamed drug before a plane flight, then he "continuously forced himself" upon her. Kesha, who did a stint in rehab in January, has blamed Dr. Luke for her eating disorder.

Dr. Luke's lawyer, Christine Lepera, who has filed a countersuit, tells USA Today the singer's claims are scurrilous and part of a campaign to smear him.

Then Kesha's man, Lalaland power attorney Mark Geragos, counter-counter-attacked: "This is just another pathetic and entirely predictable example of Dr. Luke's continued abuse, and a misguided attempt to keep Kesha under his tyrannical control." Wow.

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Today's Matt Lauer on Tuesday admitted that NBC News' chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman, who is supposed to be under a 21-day quarantine after one of her cameramen contracted Ebola in Liberia, did break the order. She was spotted hanging out in her Mercedes outside an eatery in Hopewell, N.J.

"As a health professional I know that we have no symptoms and pose no risk to the public," Snyderman, 62, says in a statement, "but I am deeply sorry for the concerns this episode caused."

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