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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Ex-Wisteria Lane maneater Nicollette Sheridan has been cast as an over-the-top stagemom in a CBS dramedy, premiering this fall. Based on the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune, the comedic drama Scoundrels centers on a British lowlife who moves to Los Angeles to reconnect with his teen pop star daughter and her fame-thirsty mother, played by Sheridan.
Rumor: Former Desperate Housewives siren Nicollette Sheridan was rushed to a California hospital after a horsebacking riding accident left her with a head injury.
Celebrity informants tell The National Enquirer’s Mike Waker that the blonde sought emergency medical treatment for a head wound after she was “bucked off” her horse while riding without a helmet last month.
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