Nigel Lythgoe Faces Second Sexual Assault Suit
03.01.2024 - 02:15
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Nigel Lythgoe, the producer behind “So You Think You Can Dance” and “American Idol,” was hit with a second sexual assault suit on Tuesday, days after he was sued by Paula Abdul, who had worked as a judge on both shows. In the new lawsuit, Lythgoe faces allegations from two contestants on “All American Girl,” a competition show that aired on ABC in 2003. The women, identified in the suit as Jane Doe K.G.
and Jane Doe K.L., allege that the producer brought them to a house after the show’s wrap party and made sexual advances on both of them. One of them alleges that he pulled his sweater over her head and attempted to kiss her, while the other accuses him of pinning her against a grand piano and forcing his tongue onto her face as she tried to pull away. The suit also alleges that earlier, during taping of the show, Lythgoe walked on set and swatted and groped the contestants’ buttocks.
Lythgoe is identified in the suit only as John Roe N.L. and the show is identified only by its initials, A.A.G. TMZ was first to identify Lythgoe as the defendant.
Lythgoe’s representative did not respond to a request for comment. Abdul sued Lythgoe on Friday, alleging that he groped her and forcibly kissed her in an elevator about 20 years ago. She alleged that years afterward, Lythgoe invited her to his home and again tried to force himself on her while she was sitting on his couch.
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