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Unlike fellow pretty-faced, effeminate American Idol top 12 finalist Sanjaya Malakar, Mario Vazquez legitimately seemed to belong there two seasons ago, and he shocked the world by pulling out just days before they were about to compete, citing "family reasons." Now, a scandalous lawsuit brought against the singer, FOX Entertainment, and Fremantle Media accuses Vazquez of having "sexually harrassed" the show's assistant accountant:

In the lawsuit, [Magdaleno] Olmos claims "Vazquez stared lasciviously, smiled lasciviously ... and on one occasion followed him into a bathroom ... knocked on the door of the plaintiff's stall and made eye contact through the space in the stall door."

The lawsuit alleges that Vazquez "started to rub his genitals over his pants. Attempting to leave the bathroom, Olmos opened the door of the stall and saw Vazquez standing in front of him with his pants down masturbating."

According to the documents, Vazquez pushed Olmos "further into the stall and continued masturbating with one hand and trying to pull down Olmos' pants with another hand.

Vazquez dropped out of Idol shortly after the bathroom incident, confounding just about everyone, including the "family" he cited as the reason: His shocked mother told the NY Post at the time, "I don't know why he quit. This is the first I am hearing of it," and his older brother said that Mario had told him, "'This is not a life-threatening situation. It's for the best reasons. But I can't talk about why." Of course, this all happened two seasons ago, when the show still operated under the misconception that it was some sort of bastion of family entertainment. There's no telling how the issue may have played out in the Antonella Barba-era, free-swinging Idol, when overcrowded bathroom stall contestant/production accountant gay orgies are a common pre-show, nerve-alleviating indulgence.