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Headline: Paula Abdul accuses Nigel Lythgoe of 'victim-shaming' in response to her sexual assault lawsuit

Caption: The singer filed a lawsuit against the TV producer in December in which she accused him of sexually assaulting and harassing her when they worked together on American Idol and So You Can Think You Can Dance. On Tuesday, lawyers of Lythgoe, 74, filed court documents denying her "false, despicable, intolerable and life-changing" claims insisting Abdul was a "well-documented fabulist" with a history of telling stories "untethered from reality". Her attorney Melissa Eubanks responded via a statement on Wednesday, insisting his response was an example of "classic victim shaming"

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