Nigel Lythgoe Faces 2 More Sexual Assault Accusations Amid Paula Abdul Lawsuit
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The filing arrives just days after Abdul accused the former "American Idol" producer of sexually assaulting her on multiple occasions.
Nigel Lythgoe, a former “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance” producer, is facing another sexual assault lawsuit, just days after former “Idol” judge Paul Abdul made similar accusations against him.
The suit, obtained Tuesday by multiple media outlets, was filed at the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles by two women identified only as Jane Does. The women accused Lythgoe of sexual assault/battery, sexual harassment, negligence, gender violence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The plaintiffs were reportedly contestants on “All American Girl,” a single-season ABC reality show from 2003 that Lythgoe produced.
The lawsuit notes that filming for the show occurred in Los Angeles between January and May 2003, during which time Lythgoe ― reportedly referred in the filing as “John Roe N.L.” ― allegedly made unwanted “sexual advances” after a wrap party.
The plaintiffs say Lythgoe took an “unusual interest” in one of them and “insisted” that she “ride in his car to go back to the studio where everyone else was going” for an afterparty. The other woman allegedly followed “to ensure her colleague was not left alone.”
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