Nigel Lythgoe is facing more allegations of sexual assault.
Nigel Lythgoe is facing more allegations of sexual assault.
Paula Abdul filed her sexual assault and battery suit against Nigel Lythgoe late last year seeking a jury trial, and she’s going to get one.
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Paula Abdul is speaking out via her legal team after the latest development in her lawsuit against Nigel Lythgoe.
The gloves have come off for Paula Abdul.
So You Think You Can Dance co-creator and former judge Nigel Lythgoe has been accused of sexual assault for the fourth time in less than three months.
before she alleged that he sexually assaulted her, according to TMZ.Lythgoe, 74, filed legal documents on Tuesday, three months after Abdul, 61, alleged that Lythgoe sexually assaulted her twice, dating back to their time together working on “American Idol” and then again on Lythgoe’s Fox series “So You Think You Can Dance.”Following Abdul’s allegations, Lythgoe left “So You Think You Can Dance,” on which he was a judge, and was eventually replaced by JoJo Siwa, who was a judge on the show in 2022. Lythgoe called Abdul a “well-documented fabulist, with a long history of telling wild stories that are untethered from reality and are primarily designed to attract attention and make Abdul appear to be the victim of dreadful misfortune,” according to TMZ.Lythgoe included several private emails he says Abdul sent him, including one dated Sept.
Nigel Lythgoe called Paula Abdul “erratic” when the former American Idol judge accused him of sexual assault late last year. Today, seeking to have Abdul’s complaint “dismissed in its entirety with prejudice,” the veteran competition show producer made it official with a filing of his own.
Nigel Lythgoe has been accused of sexual assault in another lawsuit.
American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe has been accused of sexual assault for the third time in less than two months.
Allison Holker has revealed that she will be a judge for season 18 ofreality show So You Think You Can Dance.
JoJo Siwa is back on So You Think You Can Dance.
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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large JoJo Siwa is returning to “So You Think You Can Dance” as a judge for the show’s reimagined Season 18. Siwa, who was previously a judge on the show’s Season 17 in 2022, replaces Nigel Lythgoe — who stepped down earlier this month in the wake of two lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault. Siwa will now join choreographer Allison Holker and pro dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy on the show’s judging panel.
So You Think You Can Dance following allegations of sexual assault made by Paula Abdul.Abdul filed a lawsuit against Lythgoe, who co-created the US show and also served as a producer on American Idol, on December 29. The suit, which was filed in Los Angeles, made a series of claims during her time hosting both shows, including sexual assault/battery, sexual harassment, gender violence and negligence.Lythgoe had denied the claims, calling them “false” and “deeply offensive”.“To say that I am shocked and saddened by the allegations made against me by Paula Abdul is a wild understatement,” Lythgoe’s statement read.
Nigel Lythgoe has announced he will not be returning as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance this season, after being accused of sexual assault by Paula Abdul. Nigel, 74, had been a judge and executive producer on the US dance show since it began airing in 2005.
“So You Think You Can Dance” producer Nigel Lythgoe has stepped down from the competition dance show amid Paula Abdul suing him for alleged sexual assault. “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, 74, told The Post in a statement on Friday.
Nigel Lythgoe is exiting So You Think You Can Dance after a number of sexual assault complaints.
Nigel Lythgoe will no longer be on the judging panel when the new season of So You Think You Can Dance premieres in March.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Nigel Lythgoe is stepping down as a judge on “So You Think You Can Dance,” after two lawsuits accused him of sexual assault. Lythgoe, an executive producer of the show, is accused of groping and forcibly kissing Paula Abdul in an elevator about 20 years ago. In a second lawsuit, two contestants on “All American Girl” also accused him of forcibly trying to kiss them after a wrap party in 2003.
S**t is really hitting the fan for Nigel Lythgoe.
Two months before Season 18 of So You Think You Can Dance is slated to premiere on Fox, the series’ co-creator, lead judge and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has become the subject of two sexual misconduct lawsuits, including one filed by Paula Abdul who accused him of assaulting her twice over the past 20 years. Now, Lythgoe is also the subject of a probe, led by Sony Pictures TV’s 19 Entertainment, which co-produces SYTYCD with Dick Clark Productions, sources close to the situation confirm to Deadline.
Nigel Lythgoe has been hit with ANOTHER sexual assault lawsuit.
Less than a week after Paula Abdul accused Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her twice over the past 20 years, the So You Think You Can Dance co-creator has been hit today with another suit from two other women. However, unlike the action by the former American Idol judge, this latest blow against Lythgoe may not pack much legal punch.
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.
Nigel Lythgoe may deny Paula Abdul’s sexual assault allegations, but history appears to be speaking loud and clear for itself…
Nigel Lythgoe is addressing the sexual assault accusations aimed at him by Paula Abdul.
Nigel Lythgoe has issued his first formal statement after being accused of sexual assault and harassment by former colleague Paula Abdul.
One of Nigel Lythgoe‘s old interviews is resurfacing after Paula Abdul accused him of sexual assault and harassment.
Paula Abdul has accused American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance executive producer Nigel Lythgoe of repeatedly sexually assaulting her while she was a judge on both shows. According to court documents obtained by TM
Paula Abdul has filed a lawsuit against American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer Nigel Lythgoe alleging that he sexually assaulted her.Abdul has made a series of claims during her time hosting both shows in the suit, which was filed in Los Angeles yesterday (December 29), including sexual assault/battery, sexual harassment, gender violence and negligence.Lythgoe is yet to comment on the claims and NME has contacted American Idol for comment.Abdul alleged that before taking on the role of one of the judges on American Idol, she met with several of the show’s executives in 2001.During that meeting, Abdul claims that Lythgoe “verbally insulted and belittled” her, calling her a “has been” who “probably wouldn’t be known by the show’s contestants”, reports Rolling Stone.Despite her claims, she went on to join the show in April 2002. But Abdul alleged that she was discriminated against and paid less than her fellow male judges and that Lythgoe and the show’s production bullied her.According to the lawsuit, during one of the show’s “initial seasons” Lythgoe allegedly sexually assaulted her in the elevator of a hotel room they were staying at while traveling for one of the show’s auditions.It went on: “Lythgoe shoved Abdul against the wall, then grabbed her genitals and breasts, and began shoving his tongue down her throat.
Paula Abdul has sued American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe for alleged 'sexual assault', in a lawsuit that was filed on Friday. Paula has claimed that her former So You Think You Can Dance co-judge had sexually assaulted her on numerous occasions.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Paula Abdul alleged in a lawsuit on Friday that she was twice sexually assaulted by Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer of “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance.” Abdul rose to stardom in the late 80s and built a second career as a judge of reality show competitions in the early 2000s. In the suit, she alleges that during one of the early seasons of “American Idol,” Lythgoe sexually assaulted her in an elevator.
Less than 72 hours before California’s Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act expires, Paula Abdul today filed a sexual assault and gender violence lawsuit against American Idol EP and So You Think You Can Dance judge Nigel Lythgoe over multiple alleged attacks.
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Paula Abdul is suing Nigel Lythgoe for sexual assault and harassment.
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