'American Idol' judge Paula Abdul launched a scathing attack on the US television network Fox and the show’s producers, accusing them of allowing a a known stalker of the singer to audition for the programme.

The obsessed fan who committed suicide outside Paula Abdul's home last month had stalked the star for almost 17 years.

Paula Abdul is selling her Los Angeles home, less than a month after a fan committed suicide outside her front gates.

A woman who killed herself near American Idol judge Paula Abdul’s home was a would-be contestant who was savaged during her audition, it emerged today.