Paula Abdul has sued former American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer Nigel Lythgoe and the show’s production companies, alleging that Lythgoe sexually assaulted her multiple times while she was a hosting the shows, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Friday.
In the suit reviewed by Rolling Stone, Abdul alleged that Lythgoe sexually assaulted her during one of American Idol’s initial seasons, then again years later in 2014 when she was hosting So You Think You Can Dance.
Lythgoe produced American Idol at the height of the show’s popularity in the early and mid-2000s and last produced the show in 2014, according to his IMDB page. He produced So You Think You Can Dance from 2005 to 2014. Aside from Lythgoe, the shows’ production companies American Idol Productions, Dance Nation Productions, 19 Entertainment and Fremantlemedia North America were…
