Paula Abdul and former American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe have reached a private settlement a year after she first sued him on sexual assault allegations, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. Financial details of the settlement weren’t disclosed in the court documents. In a statement to Rolling Stone, …
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A lawyer for American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe cited one of Sean Combs’ sexual assault cases at a tense court hearing Wednesday as she tried to convince a Los Angeles County judge that the Jane Doe suing Lythgoe for an alleged 2016 assault should be forced to proceed with her …
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Paula Abdul announced that her Straight Up! to Canada Tour has been cancelled. The 21-city tour was slated to launch Sept. 25 in Victoria, British Columbia, with Taylor Dayne and Tiffany scheduled as opening acts. “It’s with an incredibly heavy heart that I need to share with you an update …
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The Jane Doe plaintiff suing Nigel Lythgoe for an alleged 2016 sexual assault in the backseat of his chauffeur-driven car is pushing for a trial as soon as possible after filing an amended complaint that revised the date of the purported incident by 24 hours. At a court hearing on …
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ZACHARY TRAVIS DIDN’T KNOW what American Idol was when he auditioned in 2005, because he had spent most of the past decade in a youth correctional facility. Inmates there weren’t allowed to watch television, he says, except on the day of the September 11 attacks. But Travis —who was first …
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Paula Abdul has tentatively settled with the production companies behind American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance and is now heading to a July 2025 trial against only show executive Nigel Lythgoe after she sued the parties for sexual assault, sexual harassment, and negligence in December. “The parties …
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A day after Nigel Lythgoecalled Paula Abdul a “fabulist” in response to her sexual assault complaint against him, the formerAmerican Idoljudge accused him of “classic victim shaming.” “Mr. Lythgoe’s answer to Ms. Abdul’s complaint is classic victim shaming,” read a statement from Abdul’s lawyers sent to Rolling Stone. “Mr. Lythgoe …
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On the same day Nigel Lythgoe answered Paula Abdul’s sexual assault complaint, calling the singer and former American Idol judge a “fabulist,” the embattled TV producer was hit with yet another lawsuit — this time from a Jane Doe accuser claiming he sexually battered her at his home in 2018. …
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Just days after Paula Abdul sued American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer Nigel Lythgoe for sexual assault, Lythgoe is facing a new lawsuit from two Jane Does who claim he forced himself on them while they were contestants on his 2003 reality game show All American …
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