TV government, Nigel Lythgoe will not be a part of this 12 months’s version of “So You Suppose You Can Dance” as he has stepped down from his position following the sexual assault allegation levelled in opposition to him by singer Paula Abdul.
Asserting that he has stepped down from his position within the TV present, Nigel mentioned in an announcement;
“I’ve knowledgeable the producers of ‘So You Suppose You Can Dance’ of my choice to step again from taking part on this 12 months’s sequence. I did so with a heavy coronary heart however totally voluntarily as a result of this nice program has all the time been about dance and dancers, and that’s the place its focus wants to stay.
“Within the meantime, I’m dedicating myself to clearing my identify and restoring my repute.”
Abdul had filed a lawsuit in opposition to Nigel final week claiming she’d been sexually assaulted by him on at the least two events when she was a decide on “American Idol” and once more whereas she labored on ‘SYTYCD.’
Throughout the ‘Idol’ incident, she mentioned Nigel grabbed her breasts and genitals whereas attempting to kiss her in an elevator. Paula claimed Nigel additionally tried to power himself on her throughout “SYTYCD.”
For his half, Nigel has denied Paula’s allegations, calling them, “false and deeply offensive.”