This is also part of two larger issues where Sony treats their artists like crap and where early record contracts are hugely exploitative and balanced in an unfair way that can actively hurt new artists. They will lock an artist in for between 5 and 7 albums and then, if the first album or two doesn’t sell well these…

That's the issue the judge was asked to adjudicate. This isn't a sexual assault case. It's a contract dispute. If and when the allegations are proven in court, the issue could and should be heard again. Until then, you can't invalidate the contract because of an accusation. That's a very slippery slope.

Ko-dependency.

My memoirs will be titled, “Why Did I Read the Comments.”

And of course the comment section on Smoking gun is a horrible morass of racist shitheads. Why do I persist in scrolling down? Why?