In a development that could become the next major story in the ongoing #MeToo saga, Paula Abdul has filed a lawsuit against Nigel Lythgoe, an executive producer known for his work on “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance.”
The lawsuit, which was filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday, alleges that Lythgoe sexually assaulted Abdul in the early 2000s and in 2015 when she was serving as a judge on both shows.
The Grammy-winning singer said one assault happened in the early 2000s and a second around 2015 while she was a judge on the television competition shows, according to a suit filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court under the Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act, which allows sexual assault suits to be made even if the statute of limitations has passed.
Abdul, 61, alleged that during one of the initial seasons of “American Idol,”…
