Nigel Lythgoe has actually been implicated of sexual attack by a 3rd female.
An unknown lady submitted a claim versus the previous American Idol therefore You Think You Can Dance manufacturer on Saturday in Los Angeles Superior Court. In the problem, she implicated him of by force touching her in his automobile when he offered her a trip home from a Beverly Hills hotel in 2016.
“What must have been a fast two-minute trip wound up being a ten-to-fifteen minute sexual attack and battery in which complainant was caught in Lythgoe’s automobile,” the legal action checks out, reports Deadline.
“Lythgoe’s sexual attack and battery of complainant left her sensation badly broke, stunned, guilty, embarrassed, and ashamed. Such psychological distress and psychological distress were extreme and enduring to this day.”
The complainant is demanding sexual battery, gender violence and deliberate infliction of psychological distress, and is looking for an undefined quantity in damages. Lythgoe has yet to resolve the most recent claims.
This marks the 3rd time the 74-year-old has actually been demanded supposed sexual attack in the area of 2 months.
In December, American Idol therefore You Think You Can Dance judge Paula Abdul declared he sexually attacked and sexually bothered her when they collaborated. In January, 2 unnamed entrants from his 2003 competitors program All American Girl implicated him of sexual attack.
Lythgoe rejected Abdul’s claims at the time, insisting he would “combat this terrible smear with whatever I have”.
After the 2nd claim, he stepped down as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance. He has actually been changed by JoJo Siwa.