Nicolette Sheridan is claiming that she was recently fired from Desperate Housewives because of an incident with her ex-boss, Marc Cherry. She is claiming that Marc hit her in the face and she complained to the higher people in the company. She claims she was fired for complaining about the incident.
Nicolette filed a suit on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming the termination “results in her losing millions in future earnings.” She is suing for $20 million alleging assault and battery, gender violence and wrongful termination.
Nicolette’s character, Edie Britt, was killed off the show last year resulting in her termination.
ABC studios said, “While we have yet to see the actual complaint, we investigated similar claims made by Ms. Sheridan last year and found them to be without merit.” It seems she has done this in the past.
The whole thing seems to have started in the summer of 2008 when she met with Cherry to discuss his negative behavior towards her. He stated he had no problems with her but his behavior worsened.
At one point, Sheridan questioned Cherry about something that was in the script and that’s when he slapped her in the face.
The lawsuit also states, “The decision to kill off Sheridan’s character demonstrates that Cherry and ABC intended to and did retaliate against Sheridan for her complaints about Cherry.” The lawsuit notes that although some of the male characters were killed off the show, “none of the female characters had ever before been killed off or written out of the show.”