Star sues 'Housewives' creator
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April 7, 2010, Wednesday
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ACTRESS Nicollette Sheridan, who played divorced real estate agent Edie Britt in ABC's "Desperate Housewives," is suing the show's creator and producer alleging assault and wrongful termination.
In a lawsuit seeking US$20 million in damages filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, Sheridan claims producer Marc Cherry hit her in the face on the Wisteria Lane set in September 2008. Sheridan had asked Cherry about a line in the script, and he "took her aside and forcefully hit her with his hand across her face and head," the suit said. After she stormed off to her trailer, he came to "beg forgiveness."
When she reported the incident to ABC, Cherry retaliated by killing off her character in the popular TV series, Sheridan says. Her role came to an end when her character died in a car crash. The lawsuit, which also names ABC, accuses Cherry of creating a hostile work environment on the set and behaving aggressively and abusively toward the cast and the writers.
When Teri Hatcher, who plays Susan Meyer on the show, spoke to ABC executives about Cherry's behavior, Cherry is said to have told Sheridan: "I hope Teri Hatcher gets hit by a car and dies."
In a lawsuit seeking US$20 million in damages filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, Sheridan claims producer Marc Cherry hit her in the face on the Wisteria Lane set in September 2008. Sheridan had asked Cherry about a line in the script, and he "took her aside and forcefully hit her with his hand across her face and head," the suit said. After she stormed off to her trailer, he came to "beg forgiveness."
When she reported the incident to ABC, Cherry retaliated by killing off her character in the popular TV series, Sheridan says. Her role came to an end when her character died in a car crash. The lawsuit, which also names ABC, accuses Cherry of creating a hostile work environment on the set and behaving aggressively and abusively toward the cast and the writers.
When Teri Hatcher, who plays Susan Meyer on the show, spoke to ABC executives about Cherry's behavior, Cherry is said to have told Sheridan: "I hope Teri Hatcher gets hit by a car and dies."
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