It is an all-out struggle between Paula Abdul and former “American Idol” govt producer Nigel Lythgoe … and now she’s producing alleged texts from him, which she says present a few of the methods he sexually harassed her.

Paula’s legal professional, Melissa Eubanks, tells TMZ … Nigel is victim-shaming Paula and is cherry-picking from years of communications between them as he tries to discredit the allegations she introduced towards him in her sexual assault lawsuit in December.

As we first advised you, Nigel’s authorized response to Paula’s go well with included alleged emails she despatched him … with Nigel claiming the emails gave off a pleasant and loving vibe between them … after the time Paula alleged he sexually assaulted her

Now, Paula’s firing again … as her legal professional says Nigel’s response fails to understand the ability dynamic of their relationship, the place Lythgoe was a strong exec/her boss and Paula labored below him as a choose on the truth competitors reveals he govt produced.

Abdul’s legal professional says … “He held the playing cards to her profession in his hand and he knew it.” The lawyer additionally goes on to name Nigel’s tactic basic sufferer shaming.

What’s extra, Paula’s authorized workforce says these emails Nigel referenced in his docs had been simply Paula placating his ego with “optimistic messaging and seeming adoration … defenses that many ladies like Ms. Abdul needed to undertake to cope with males who abuse their energy.”

Paula claims to have some receipts from Nigel too … saying she has textual content messages from him exhibiting quite a few cases of overt sexual harassment.

Abdul’s camp claims Nigel texted her on March 8, 2014, writing … “While you get again to LA will you please make like to me! Slowly and lovingly!” Paula says she did not reply and Nigel double texted, “I will take that as a YES then!”

One other alleged textual content, from April, 10, 2014, is a response to a message Paula despatched Nigel about “So You Suppose You Can Dance” auditions in Las Vegas … to which Nigel allegedly responded, “I will come in the event you promise a giant moist kiss! With tongues! Is a small grope of the ass asking an excessive amount of?”

A number of months later, in July 2014, Paula claims Nigel acknowledged he was being inappropriate when he allegedly texted her … “You’re keen on me like a relation I like you want a girlfriend. I might simply be your f****** cousin? Ha Ha.”

Bear in mind … Paula claims Nigel sexually assaulted her twice — the primary time throughout “certainly one of Idol’s preliminary classes” within the early 2000s, and once more in some unspecified time in the future throughout her 2 seasons on ‘SYTYCD’ … a gig she began in 2015.

Paula’s legal professional additionally claims Nigel verbally assaulted Adbul on a number of events as nicely … which she says “are proof of the frequent abusive conduct that Ms. Abdul was subjected to throughout her time on American Idol and SYTYCD.”

Nigel’s workforce has not responded to our request for remark.