ABC is putting together a settlement — a peace package, so to speak — to pursade actress Nicollette Sheridan to drop her $20 million lawsuit against Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry.
According London’s Daily Express, network executives can’t stand the idea of a courtroom showdown between Cherry and Sheridan — who claims her former boss assaulted her on set during a dispute over a script in 2008 — therefore, ABC is working to come up with a financial “kiss-off” for the actress.
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Former Desperate Housewives star Nicollette Sheridan is suing the creator of the show, Marc Cherry, for assault and wrongful termination. Sheridan claims Cherry slapped her face and eventually killed off her character after the pair got into a heated argument over a script in Sept. 2008. So how are the other Housewives handling the drama? American Idol’s Ryan got Eva Longoria to dish on the fracas.
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Who knew the drama unfolding on the set of Desperate Housewives was even saucier than some of the strange happenings that frequently take up residence on Wisteria Lane? Actress Nicollette Sheridan is suing the creator of the Emmy Award-winning primetime soap for more than $20 million over allegations of assault, battery, violence and wrongful termination, TMZ reported Monday.
Nicollette is steaming over an event first reported by The National Enquirer nearly two years ago.
Sheridan, who played Edie Britt on the comedy-drama, claims show creator Marc Cherry hit her across the face and head, and then fired her after she complained about the assault, legal documents reveals.
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The View may not be the only ABC series destined for a workplace massacre.
The National Enquirer claims tensions have risen to such explosive levels behind the scenes at Desperate Housewives that show creator Marc Cherry assaulted star Nicollette Sheridan in a violent slap attack last week. Read the rest of this entry »