Paula Abdulis suingAmerican IdolandSo You Think you’re able to DanceproducerNigel Lythgoefor sexual assault in a new lawsuit.
For more than two decades, Paula and I have interacted as dear and entirely platonic friends and colleagues.
But I can promise that I will fight this appalling smear with everything I have.
Paula Abdul and Nigel Lythgoe.Steve Granitz/WireImage; Steve Granitz/WireImage
Lythgoe served as a producer on the program from 2002 until 2014.
In the suit, Abdul also claimed that she witnessed Lythgoe sexually assault her assistant in April 2015.
April did not consent.
