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Paula Abdul Settles Her Sexual-Assault Lawsuit Against Nigel Lythgoe
“I am grateful that this chapter has successfully come to a close and is now something I can now put behind me,” she said in a statement.
I hope my experience can serve to inspire other women, facing similar struggles, to overcome their own challenges with dignity and respect, so that they too can turn the page and begin a new chapter of their lives.” She previously settled with the production companies behind American Idol and SYTYCD — originally named as co-defendants —in April. Per Rolling Stone, Lythgoe was dismissed from the All American Girl suit this July, with a judge ruling that a law that lifts the statute of limitations for certain sexual-abuse claims did not apply to their allegations. Lythgoe celebrated the decision, saying in a statement at the time, “I hope and expect that this will be the first of many similar wins as I continue to fight to clear my name.”
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