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Lady Gaga agrees to hand over Kesha texts in Dr. Luke case

​​​Lady Gaga has folded her bid to duck a deposition by ​music ​producer Dr. Luke​ in his defamation case against ​former protege Kesha.

The “Poker face” singer “will appear for a deposition pursuant to [Luke’s] subpoena in this action, during the month of September,” according to a deal signed between lawyers for the pop superstar and reps for Luke and Kesha.

The parties were set to attend an Aug. 22 hearing after Luke accused Lady Gaga of refusing to sit for a deposition since March.

​Luke, real name Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald​, wants to grill ​the pop superstar about a text message exchange she had with ​fellow singer ​Kesha in 2013.

Luke believes Kesha​, 30,​ dished to Lady Gaga about claims that​ the 43-year-old producer sexually assaulted her.

Luke is suing Kesha​, whose full name is Kesha Rose Sebert​​​, for defamation. She has countersued him over the alleged attacks, which he denies.

Lady Gaga responded to a subpoena for the text messages with a “heavily-redacted, four page spreadsheet of” the exchange, Luke’s lawyers claimed.

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Now Gaga has agreed to “produce un-redacted copes of certain of the documents that were previously produced in redacted form,” according to the agreement, which was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday.

“Lady Gaga has always been prepared to testify so long as reasonable limitations were established. That has now been accomplished,” her lawyer Orin Snyder said.

Her willingness to comply with Luke’s requests are an about face.

Just last month Lady Gaga’s spokesman said “she has provided all the relevant information in her possession and is at most an ancillary witness in this process.”

“Dr. Luke’s team is attempting to manipulate the truth and draw press attention to their case by exaggerating Lady Gaga’s role and falsely accusing her of dodging reasonable requests,” the spokesman said.

She started her Joanne World Tour on Aug. 1.

Kesha’s lawyer declined to comment on the deal.

Reps for Luke did not immediately return requests for comment.