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Nigel Lythgoe Fires Back at Paula Abdul's Sexual Assault Lawsuit With Private Emails


Abdul sued Lythgoe in December claiming the producer sexually assaulted her on two occasions.

Nigel Lythgoe has responded to Paula Abdul's claims he sexually assaulted her on two separate occasions, and the former American Idol producer is calling her allegations "pure fiction." Between my father who just got admitted back into ICU, and me volunteering to film all day today for the PSA for Avon's Breast Cancer foundation, I feel as though Ive [sic] been ripped in two. He went on to claim that Abdul's lawsuit "can only be explained as a ploy for long-ago lost relevance and fame and/or for unjustified profit ahead of her announced Magic Summer 2024 tour."

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