Paula Abdul is suing Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer of reality shows American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, for sexual assault.
The singer, actor and TV personality, 61, rose to fame as a choreographer for The Jacksons in the late Eighties, later establishing herself as a successful pop singer, then building a career in the noughties as a judge on reality contests including American Idol and The X Factor.
