{"id":72372,"date":"2024-02-21T21:03:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T02:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/02\/21\/nigel-lythgoe-hit-with-new-sexual-assault-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T21:03:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T02:03:44","slug":"nigel-lythgoe-hit-with-new-sexual-assault-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/02\/21\/nigel-lythgoe-hit-with-new-sexual-assault-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Lythgoe Hit With New Sexual Assault\u00a0Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tA new sexual assault lawsuit has been filed against Nigel Lythgoe<\/strong>, this time by an unidentified woman who claims the former American Idol <\/em>and So You Think You Can Dance<\/em> producer forcibly touched her in 2016.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe suit, filed on Saturday in Los Angeles Superior Court, is the latest against Lythgoe accusing him of sexual misconduct and abuse. After Paula Abdul<\/a> sued the producer in December over two separate incidents of sexual assault, a pair of unnamed contestants on \u201cAAG,\u201d which is believed to be a reference to reality series All American Girl<\/em> cited in a complaint from the women, came forward with accusations that he made unwanted sexual advances and groped them inside his Los Angeles home in 2003. That second suit was filed in January against a defendant with the initials \u201cN.L.,\u201d which multiple outlets identified as the producer.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tPaula Abdul Sues \u2018American Idol\u2019 Producer Nigel Lythgoe Over Sexual Assault\u00a0Claims\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n

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\n\tLythgoe stepped back from his on-camera and behind the scenes roles on SYTYCD<\/em> in the wake of the allegations. The producer did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this story.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe suit says the accuser met Lythgoe at a hotel in Beverly Hills and that he \u201cinsisted\u201d on driving her home. The complaint describes the alleged assault, which took place inside his car over the course of at least ten minutes.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPlaintiff tried to push Lythgoe away from her and instruct Lythgoe\u2019s driver how to return to her house, but Lythgoe continued to grab at Plaintiff, fondle her breasts, and kiss her,\u201d the suit states. \u201cLythgoe even shoved his hand up Plaintiff\u2019s skirt and penetrated her genitalia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe woman claims the producer eventually relented once his driver arrived at her apartment after allegedly taking an unexpectedly long route. She alleges she continues to suffer severe mental anguish due to the incident.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe complaint brings claims for sexual battery, gender violence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It seeks an unspecified amount in damages.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is troubling to hear of yet another alleged incident of a woman being taken advantage of and abused by a prominent public figure,\u201d said Melissa Eubanks<\/strong>, a lawyer for the Jane Doe plaintiff who also represents Abdul in her suit against Lythgoe, in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn her complaint, Abdul accused Lythgoe of assaulting her twice during one of the early seasons of American Idol <\/em>and years later when she was a judge on SYTYCD<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLythgoe shoved Abdul against the wall, then grabbed her genitals and breasts and began shoving his tongue down her throat,\u201d the suit stated.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}