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SYTYCD Judge Mary Murphy's Shocking Cocaine & Sex Scandal

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May 28 2018, Updated 10:08 a.m. ET

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By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

So You Think You Can Dance judge Mary Murphy has been labeled a "desperate, cocaine-fueled nymphomaniac" by one of those closest to her in a new bombshell lawsuit filed on Monday and exclusively obtained by Breaking Celebrity News.

Mary's long-time manager Michael Sanchez of Axis Management, who repped the reality star from 2006-2010, is suing her for breach of written and oral contract for more than $1 million in unpaid commissions and damages. 

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EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: See The Cocaine & Sex Scandal Lawsuit Filed Against Mary Murphy

While Mary, 54, is famous for telling contestants to get on the "hot tamale train," her ex-manager says in court documents the dancer is more like a train wreck who showed "increasingly self-absorbed, childish and demanding behavior.”

Among the shocking allegations in the lawsuit, Michael claims that she participated in alleged prescription and illegal drug abuse that caused her to miss or underperform in meetings and appearances.

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Michael cites specific instances in 2009 when he claims security broke into Mary's apartment when she was “unresponsive,” following a “cocaine-fueled evening of partying.” He and another witness also claim to have discovered her in her Sydney, Australia hotel suite “high on drugs, in bed with a So You Think You Can Dance producer, with cocaine on the