Nigel Lythgoe needs his fourth sexual assault accuser shut down in a court docket of regulation.
Jun. 20 2024, Printed 4:15 p.m. ET
Nigel Lythgoe needs his fourth sexual assault accuser shut down in a court docket of regulation. Authorized paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com reveal that the embattled tv govt is demanding his alleged sufferer, recognized solely as Jane Doe, be compelled to reveal her identification, arguing his “protection may even robotically be handicapped” if she’s allowed anonymity.
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Nigel argued that if his accuser’s identification is not disclose, his “protection may even robotically be handicapped.”
As this outlet reported, Doe sued Lythgoe in March, claiming the 74-year-old So You Suppose You Can Dance mogul allegedly assaulted her at his Los Angeles house in 2018 when she labored for him.
“After a couple of minutes {of professional} discourse, Lythgoe instantly compelled Plaintiff in opposition to the property’s exterior aspect wall by shoving his knee between her legs after which began licking Plaintiff’s neck, touching her genitalia, and groping her throughout,” her lawsuit learn.
“Plaintiff tried to push Lythgoe away from her however he had her pinned in opposition to a wall in order that she couldn’t transfer. Lythgoe continued to grope and tried to kiss Plaintiff.”
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After Lythgoe denied her claims, Doe begged the decide to maintain her title sealed, charging that she “will undergo private {and professional} prejudice if her identification is thought to the general public” — and now, he is preventing again.
In line with Lythgoe, there are a number of the reason why Doe’s identification needs to be made public.
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She accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2018 throughout a “assembly” at his Los Angeles house.
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“Plaintiffs should use their very own title in California courts. It’s black letter regulation,” Lythgoe argued within the paperwork dated June 18, including that “solely within the rarest of circumstances” does the judicial system permit alleged victims to proceed anonymously.
“However, even in instances involving allegations of extreme and horrific sexual assault, courts nonetheless have denied a plaintiff anonymity. The circumstances of this case fall far in need of these instances. They don’t justify Plaintiff Jane Doe’s use of a pseudonym.”
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“First, the place a celebration needs to proceed anonymously, that occasion should make a movement to the Courtroom requesting permission,” he defined, noting that his accuser “made no such movement.”
Lythgoe additionally addressed Doe’s reasoning for wanting her identification saved out of the general public eye.
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The TV govt denied her allegations.
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“Her sole purported justification for continuing anonymously—i.e., that she needs to ‘defend her privateness’—doesn’t come near the type of ‘overriding curiosity’ that courts acknowledge, in very restricted conditions, as justifying anonymity,” the ex-American Idol producer argued.
Lythgoe disclosed a part of his technique, arguing that he plans to “serve subpoenas for paperwork and depositions on her previous and current employers and on people that he and Plaintiff mutually know or different people with whom he is aware of Plaintiff is acquainted.”
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Lythgoe claimed her want to proceed with a fictitious title stifles his means to defend himself.
“He might want to establish Plaintiff to those third events to be able to conduct that discovery. However conserving her title nameless within the public pleadings is not going to matter provided that her title will in any other case be revealed on this discovery. In brief, she can not have an overriding curiosity in conserving her title nameless in her Criticism when her title should be revealed to 3rd events in discovery to ensure that Mr. Lythgoe to conduct that discovery,” the paperwork said.
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Paula Abdul sued Nigel, accusing him of sexually assaulting her on two events — sparking a mountain of authorized troubles for him.
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“If she is allowed anonymity, Mr. Lythgoe’s protection may even robotically be handicapped,” Lythgoe’s lawyer added, ending the argument by stating, “Plaintiff shouldn’t be allowed to besmirch Mr. Lythgoe’s popularity in public together with her allegations of sexual abuse whereas hiding within the shadows in anonymity when her allegations are uncovered as unfaithful.”
The decide has not issued a ruling on the matter.
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Lythgoe was first accused of sexual assault by Paula Abdul. The Straight Up singer sued him in December 2023, claiming he compelled himself on her throughout her stints as a decide on Idol and SYTYCD, with one alleged incident reportedly occurring at his house.
Lythgoe was additionally slapped with a lawsuit by two contestants from his short-lived competitors present All American Lady. The ladies accused him of exhibiting up on the set and within the dressing rooms, the place he allegedly “brazenly swatted and groped” their butts earlier than issues reportedly escalated. He has denied all of the accusations in opposition to him.