US performer has accused British TV producer of multiple sexual assaults while she was judge on hit TV shows
Nigel Lythgoe said it was with a heavy heart he has decided to step back from the next series of So You Think You Can Dance amid allegations of sexual assault.
The announcement comes less than a week after the US singer and dancer Paula Abdul accused the British TV producer of multiple sexual assaults while she appeared as a judge on the hit TV shows American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance.
Lythgoe was an executive producer of the British talent show Pop Idol as well as American Idol, before co-creating and starring on the US series So You Think You Can Dance, which launched in 2005.
“I have informed the producers of So You Think You Can Dance of my decision to step back from participating in this year’s series,” Lythgoe said in a statement given to the PA news agency.
