Former Housewife alleges assault

Ex-Desperate Housewives star Nicollette Sheridan has accused a show's author as well as writer of assault as well as wrongfully terminating her contract.
In a legal movement filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Sheridan alleges Marc Cherry strike her in a face in Sep 2008 after she queried a script.

The actress claims when she reported a incident to a ABC network, Cherry killed off her impression Edie Britt.
Sheridan, 46, is seeking $20m (£13.1m) in damages, according to reports.
The British-born actress, who left a US show last year, was part of its original cast when it began in 2004.
'Hostile' environment
According to Sheridan's action, filed upon Monday, Cherry "took her aside as well as forcefully strike her with his hand across her face as well as head".
After she late to her trailer, a writer is alleged to have come to "beg forgiveness".
The action, that additionally names ABC, accuses Cherry of creating a antagonistic work sourroundings as well as working aggressively as well as abusively toward a show's cast as well as writers.
It claims it is "exceptionally unusual" for a "popular" impression like Sheridan's "to be killed off or written out of a television array unless a actress has requested [it]."
Before becoming a proprietor upon Wisteria Lane, Sheridan was most appropriate known for her appearances in US soap opera Knots Landing.
The actress, who was once married to LA Law star Harry Hamlin, outlayed five years with Michael Bolton prior to bursting up with a singer in 2008.