Nigel Lythgoe faces further sexual assault allegations.
Less than a week after Paula Abdul sued the 74-year-old television producer, accusing him of sexual assault and verbal abuse while they worked together on american idoltwo more reality stars came forward with allegations of sexual assault and filed a lawsuit against Nigel.
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On Tuesday (January 2), two anonymous contestants from the 2003 all-female reality competition show every american girl filed suit, accusing Nigel of negligence, sexual assault/assault, sexual harassment, gender-based violence and intentional infliction of emotional distress, according to court documents obtained by People.
The lawsuit alleges that Nigel often interacted with contestants and, on one occasion, allegedly “walked around the set and dressing rooms and openly hit and groped the buttocks of Plaintiffs and other contestants” while they were wearing their dance costumes.
The women claim that Nigel’s behavior was “openly accepted” as “employees, contractors, representatives and agents saw this but did not act in any way to condemn the action or prevent it from happening again.”
Filming on the competition series took place between January 2003 and May 2003, and in the lawsuit, the women claim that Nigel made unwanted “sexual advances” toward them at the wrap party.
Nigel allegedly showed “unusual interest” in one of the women and “insisted” that she “ride in his car to return to the studio where everyone else was going” after the party. The other woman saw Nigel’s alleged actions and “decided to go with them to make sure her colleague wasn’t left alone.”
Nigel allegedly took the women to his home in Los Angeles, where they claimed to have rejected his alleged advances.
While at his home, Nigel allegedly lifted his sweater over a woman’s head “trying to kiss her and bringing her body closer to his,” and she allegedly “struggled to free herself from his grasp.”
That same night, Nigel allegedly pinned the other woman “against a grand piano in the house, pushed himself against her body and forced himself on her with his mouth and tongue despite her numerous statements telling him not to and attempts to push her away.” his face from him. .”
While Nigel has yet to publicly address these new sexual assault allegations, he recently responded to Paula’s.
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