Nigel denies any cover-up passed off.
Might 9 2024, Printed 5:00 p.m. ET
Nigel Lythgoe is hitting again at allegations that his alleged “groping” of two contestants on his former actuality present All American Woman was a part of an elaborate cover-up behind the scenes. In paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, the embattled tv veteran claimed the ladies did not show their accusation, offering a number of explanation why.
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Nigel was sued by two contestants from ‘All American Woman’ in January.
As this outlet reported, the ladies filed a lawsuit towards Lythgoe utilizing “Jane Doe” pseudonyms in January. They accused Lythgoe of displaying up on the short-lived 2003 competitors present’s set and dressing rooms and “overtly swatted and groped” their butts.
The contestants claimed workers of the present “witnessed” his alleged “groping and swatting” however Lythgoe is combating again, claiming the ladies offered zero proof to again up their cover-up accusations.
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“They argue merely that N.L.’s alleged ‘prior groping and swatting,’ mixed with the alleged incontrovertible fact that N.L.’s and Roe Manufacturing’s alleged workers or brokers ‘witnessed’ it, ‘proof[s] a ‘cowl up,'” the paperwork filed on Wednesday learn. “That doesn’t come near assembly the statutory definition of ‘cowl up,’ particularly, ‘a concerted effort to cover proof regarding a sexual assault.'”
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They declare he “overtly swatted and groped” their butts earlier than issues allegedly escalated.
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He identified that “the statute defines ‘cowl up’ to imply ‘a concerted effort to cover proof regarding a sexual assault that incentivizes people to stay silent or prevents info regarding a sexual assault from turning into public or being disclosed to the plaintiff, together with, however not restricted to, using nondisclosure agreements or confidentiality agreements.'”
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Lythgoe mentioned the ladies’s argument “seems to be that the only occasion of ‘groping and swatting,” charging, “they don’t allege any incident of sexual assault previous to the alleged on-set incident, so that they haven’t plead a ‘cowl up’ because it pertains to that alleged on-set incident.”
He additionally claimed that “no affordable inference might be drawn {that a} concerted effort was made to ‘conceal’ the alleged on-set incident, notably in mild of Plaintiffs’ allegation that it was ‘overtly accepted.'”
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They mentioned his alleged conduct was “overtly accepted.”
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Lythgoe is demanding the “cover-up” allegation is tossed out in court docket as he continues to combat the lawsuit.
RadarOnline.com instructed you — the contestants claimed Lythgoe’s alleged conduct escalated when he reportedly insisted that one of many ladies trip with him to the studio to fulfill the remainder of the solid after their wrap social gathering.
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The second plaintiff alleged she rode with them to guard her buddy. As an alternative of taking them to the studio, Lythgoe’s accusers declare he took them to his dwelling, the place the tv veteran made sexual advances on them, which allegedly included lifting one of many accuser’s sweaters that she was carrying and making an attempt to kiss her — a transfer she mentioned she rejected.
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The second alleged sufferer mentioned Lythgoe pushed her towards his grand piano and compelled his mouth and tongue down her throat regardless of her protest. They’re suing Lythgoe and the manufacturing firm for sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, intentional infliction of emotional misery, and negligence.
Lythgoe can also be combating two different sexual assault lawsuits.
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Paula Abdul sued him in December, claiming he pressured himself on her twice throughout her stints on ‘American Idol’ and ‘So You Assume You Can Dance.’
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Paula Abdul sued him in December, claiming he pressured himself on her twice throughout her stints on American Idol and So You Assume You Can Dance. A fourth accuser took authorized motion towards Lythgoe in March, alleging he sexually abused her in 2018 at his Los Angeles dwelling.
He has denied the accusations towards him.