Liability: (Noun) The state of being responsible for something.

Former "American Idol" contestant Nikki McKibbin has come forward to accuse Simon Cowell of furthering her depression and substance abuse due to the excessive cruelty she suffered at his hand while competing on the show.

"I came out of Idol with a lack of self-confidence," McKibbin tells the new issue of Us Weekly. "I think I had my first solo in school when I was 5, and I got more as I got older: That's the biggest compliment in choir. I had never been told I wasn't good enough. Having to hear it for so many weeks from Simon Cowell killed me inside. I couldn't get the s--t he had said to me out of my head."

She continued: "It drove me deeper into my depression. I wouldn't say that this was Simon's fault. It just added to the addict that I already was." (Source)

Simon Cowell was not available for comment, but if we was I imagine he would have said that Nikki's whining reminded him of a mangy dog, and then accused her of gaining weight since she sobered up.