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Nigel Lythgoe Faces Another Sexual Assault Suit; ‘American Idol’ Producer Attacked Her In A Chauffeured Car In 2016, Latest Jane Doe Claims
The American Idol producer & ex-SYTYCD judge has been sued again for sexual assault
Such mental anguish and emotional distress were severe and lasting to this day,” the February 17 filed jury trial seeking suit adds in the barest of language. “For years, Abdul has remained silent about the sexual assaults and harassment she experienced on account of Lythgoe due to fear of speaking out against one of the most well-known producers of television competition shows who could easily break her career as a television personality and of being ostracized and blackballed by an industry that had a pattern of protecting powerful men and silencing survivors of sexual assault and harassment,” the Grammy winner’s complaint states. Calling Abdul “erratic,” Lythgoe has said that her claims are “false” and “deeply offensive to me and to everything I stand for.” He has not spoken publicly on the previous Jane Does’ suit of early January.
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