Nicollette Sheridan tweaks Housewives court case

In the court case between former Desperate Housewives star Nicollette Sheridan and ABC Studios / creator Marc Cherry, her lawyers have amended two part of her claim.

Sheridan says of an alleged slap by Cherry was dismissed by the network as rehearsal for a scene, and was “a light tap.”

She has filed an amended complaint in her $20 million, seven-count lawsuit for wrongful termination, assault and battery, and discrimination.

The two changes are:

* In December 2008, Sheridan was informed that ABC had fully investigated her complaint and had concluded that she was not mistreated. In fact, the Executive Vice President of ABC Studios, Howard Davine, claimed that “Marc [Cherry] simply gave her a light tap on the side of her head for the sole purpose of providing direction for a scene they were rehearsing.” With that, ABC decided to take no further action and closed the investigation, informing Sheridan that “we will finish off the season in the spirit of professionalism and courtesy that has been the normal course for Desperate Housewives.”

* However, rather than a season of “professionalism and courtesy,” Sheridan was informed in February 2009 that her employment on the Show was going to be terminated and that her character, Edie Britt, was being killed off the Show. She was to film her final episode the last week of February 2009 and first week of March. Sheridan was given a strict publicity plan to follow to “break the story” that her character Edie Britt was leaving the Show.

Source: Hollywood Reporter