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"These are the defenses that many women like Ms. Abdul had to adopt to deal with men who abuse their power," reps for Abdul stated A day after Nigel Lythgoe called Paula Abdul a “fabulist” in response to her sexual assault complaint against him, the former American Idol judge accused him of “classic victim shaming.” “Mr. Lythgoe’s answer to Ms. Abdul’s complaint is classic victim shaming,” read a statement from Abdul’s lawyers sent to Rolling Stone. “Mr. Lythgoe fails to appreciate that he…

On the same day Nigel Lythgoe answered Paula Abdul’s sexual assault complaint, calling the singer and former American Idol judge a “fabulist,” the embattled TV producer was hit with yet another lawsuit — this time from a Jane Doe accuser claiming he sexually battered her at his home in 2018. The new accuser claims she first met Lythgoe in 2003 at a professional event and was at his home in April 2018 for a “professional” meeting when he allegedly pounced without warning. “After a few minutes of professional…

Paula Abdul and two Jane Doe accusers accused the former American Idol judge of sexual assault in separate suits in January Nigel Lythgoe has been accused of  forcibly touching a woman in the back of a car in 2016, according to the Hollywood Reporter. This is the third time in two months that the former American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer has been accused of sexual assault. In a new lawsuit filed Saturday in Los Angeles Superior Court, a Jane Doe accuser claimed Lythgoe…

A new sexual assault lawsuit has been filed against Nigel Lythgoe, this time by an unidentified woman who claims the former American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer forcibly touched her in 2016. The suit, filed on Saturday in Los Angeles Superior Court, is the latest against Lythgoe accusing him of sexual misconduct and abuse. After Paula Abdul sued the producer in December over two separate incidents of sexual assault, a pair of unnamed contestants on “AAG,” which is believed to be a…

Paula Abdul and two anonymous Jane Doe accusers filed suits against Lythgoe in the past month JoJo Siwa is returning as a judge for the upcoming season of So You Think You Can Dance, replacing former judge and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, who stepped down this month following multiple lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault. Siwa served as a judge on the show’s 17th season in 2022, alongside the late Stephen “tWitch” Boss, as well as with actors Matthew Morrison (who was dismissed from the…

Lythgoe stepped down a week after Paula Abdul and two other women sued him over sexual assault allegations Producer Nigel Lythgoe is stepping down from his judging and producing roles on So You Think You Can Dance amid lawsuits from Paula Abdul and two other women that detailed allegations that he sexually assaulted them. “I have informed the producers of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ of my decision to step back from participating in this year’s series,” Lythgoe said in a statement to Rolling…

Paula Abdul and two All American Girl contestants accused the TV producer of sexual assault in two separate lawsuits Nigel Lythgoe is the subject of a probe helmed by Sony Pictures Television’s 19 Entertainment, which co-produces “So You Think You Can Dance” with Dick Clark Productions, Variety and Deadline have reported. Last month, Paula Abdul sued the former American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer and the show’s production companies, alleging that Lythgoe sexually assaulted her…

Just days after Paula Abdul sued “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance” producer Nigel Lythgoe for alleged sexual assault, Lythgoe is facing a new lawsuit from two Jane Does who claim he forced himself on them while they were contestants on his 2003 reality game show “All American Girl.” The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, begins with the allegation Lythgoe “openly swatted and groped” the two plaintiffs’ buttocks as he roamed around the show’s set while contestants were…

Television producer Nigel Lythgoe has denied allegations made by Paula Abdul in a recent lawsuit that accuses him of sexually assaulting the singer twice while working together on his TV shows.“To say that I am shocked and saddened by the allegations made against me by Paula Abdul is a wild understatement,” the “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance” executive producer said Sunday in a statement to E! News. “For more than two decades, Paula and I have interacted as dear — and entirely platonic — friends and…

Nigel Lythgoe, the longtime producer of American Idol, faced serious accusations after singer and former judge Paula Abdul came forward with allegations of sexual assault. In the lawsuit, she claimed that during one of the early seasons of American Idol, Nigel sexually assaulted her in an elevator. The claims, which Lythgoe vehemently denies, have sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry, sparking legal battles and a wave of public scrutiny. American Idol Producer Nigel Lythgoe Denies Paula Abdul's…