Paula Abdul’s Gloves Are Off! SLAMS Nigel Lythgoe’s Response To Her SA Lawsuit!

The gloves have come off for Paula Abdul.

As you understand, the 61-year-old singer filed a bombshell lawsuit towards the TV producer Nigel Lythgoe in December, claiming he had sexually assaulted her twice. The primary alleged assault occurred throughout “one in every of Idol‘s preliminary seasons,” and the second occurred sooner or later throughout her two seasons as a So You Suppose You Can Dance decide. Nigel has gone on to disclaim the accusations. (FYI, he has been hit with three different sexual assault lawsuits since then) He even filed a authorized response to her lawsuit this week, together with emails and posts he believes show that they had nothing however a pleasant relationship between them.

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Within the authorized paperwork obtained by TMZ, Nigel bashed Paula as a “well-documented fabulist, with a protracted historical past of telling wild tales which can be untethered from actuality and are primarily designed to draw consideration and make Abdul look like the sufferer of dreadful misfortune.” Yeesh. The response featured a number of personal emails, messages, and posts the pop star allegedly despatched him that featured “adoring” language. As an example, one message despatched on September 12, 2014 learn:

“Hello sweetheart — thanks for this pretty ‘reward.’ Please forgive me for not calling yesterday. Ceaselessly grateful to have you ever in my life! Love, love LOVE YOU! XO P.”

One other despatched on June 20, 2014, stated:

“Thanks for the attractive flowers — they have been beautiful! However, I’ve to say the kicker was the birthday card final evening. I’m nonetheless howling! I really respect our friendship and am wanting ahead to launching our mission.”

His response cites different examples of Paula publicly talking kindly about him, between 2009 and 2015. She tweeted his @dizzyfeet deal with one Thanksgiving, “I’m grateful that I met you too, Nigel!” With all of this in thoughts, Nigel feels these messages “present how Abdul actually felt about Lythgoe throughout and after the time she now alleges abuse occurred.” He requested the court docket to dismiss the lawsuit and to have Paula cowl his lawyer charges.

However now, Paula is firing again at Nigel! Her lawyer Melissa Eubanks slammed the dance competitors decide for victim-shaming his former co-worker whereas failing to acknowledge the ability he had over her profession:

“He held the playing cards to her profession in his hand and he knew it.”

As for the emails? The lawyer defined that the messages in his authorized response have been merely Paula placating his ego with “optimistic messaging and seeming adoration … defenses that many ladies like Ms. Abdul needed to undertake to cope with males who abuse their energy.” And her authorized crew pulled out some receipts of their very own, too! Paula claims to have a number of textual content messages displaying blatant sexual harassment from Nigel. She alleges the producer texted her on March 8, 2014, writing:

“If you get again to LA will you please make like to me! Slowly and lovingly!”

When Paula didn’t reply on the time, Nigel added:

“I’ll take that as a YES then!”

On April 10, 2014, Paula messaged him about SYTYCD auditions in Las Vegas — and he had a completely inappropriate response! He replied:

“I’ll come in case you promise a giant moist kiss! With tongues! Is a small grope of the ass asking an excessive amount of?”

It wasn’t till a number of months later, in July 2014, Paula claims Nigel admitted he was out of line when he texted her. However he tried to brush off the scenario, saying:

“You’re keen on me like a relation I like you want a girlfriend. I may simply be your f**king cousin? Ha Ha.”

Presently, Nigel has not addressed the most recent accusations from Paula. However this authorized battle between them is definitely getting heated. Reactions? Tell us within the feedback under.

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