News Summary

• The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, begins with the allegation Lythgoe “openly swatted and groped” the two plaintiffs’ buttocks as he roamed around the show’s set while contestants were dressed in dance costumes..
• Though the lawsuit identifies the show by its initials, A.A.G., the show matches the dates and details in the filing that was first reported by TMZ..
• made sexual advances on Plaintiff K.G and K.N.” The lawsuit alleges the women rejected the advances, but Lythgoe didn’t stop..
• lifted his sweater over Plaintiff K.G.’s head and engulfed her in his sweater, attempting to kiss her and pushing her body close to his,” the lawsuit alleges, adding that Jane Doe K.G..
• Last Friday, Abdul filed her separate lawsuit against Lythgoe, alleging he sexually assaulted her in a hotel elevator during one of American Idol’s “initial seasons” in the early 2000s..
• “Lythgoe shoved Abdul against the wall, then grabbed her genitals and breasts, and began shoving his tongue down her throat,” the lawsuit also filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court said..