Is this Nigel Lythgoe’s last dance? The previously indomitable producer, director, choreographer and talent competition judge – the man behind hit franchises like Pop Idol, American Idol and Gladiators – announced last night that he won’t be taking part in the upcoming season of American TV show So You Think You Can Dance following allegations of sexual assault.
In legal docs, the Opposites Attract singer, 61, claimed that the TV personality, 74, had sexually assaulted her on more than one occasion, and also verbally insulated and belittled her.