Nigel Lythgoe fires back at Paula Abdul sexual assault claims, releases ‘loving’ alleged emails

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before she alleged that he sexually assaulted her, according to TMZ.Lythgoe, 74, filed legal documents on Tuesday, three months after Abdul, 61, alleged that Lythgoe sexually assaulted her twice, dating back to their time together working on “American Idol” and then again on Lythgoe’s Fox series “So You Think You Can Dance.”Following Abdul’s allegations, Lythgoe left “So You Think You Can Dance,” on which he was a judge, and was eventually replaced by JoJo Siwa, who was a judge on the show in 2022.

Lythgoe called Abdul a “well-documented fabulist, with a long history of telling wild stories that are untethered from reality and are primarily designed to attract attention and make Abdul appear to be the victim of dreadful misfortune,” according to TMZ.Lythgoe included several private emails he says Abdul sent him, including one dated Sept.

12, 2014 in which she writes, “Hi sweetheart — thank you for this lovely ‘gift.’ Please forgive me for not calling yesterday.

Forever grateful to have you in my life! Lovek love LOVE YOU! XO P.”According to TMZ, another email Abdul allegedly sent to Lythgoe in June 2014 contained the message: “Thank you for the beautiful flowers — they were exquisite!