Nicollette Sheridan Granted a Second Trial Case Against Desperate Housewives
Nicollette Sheridan gets a second trial date for ‘Desperate Housewives’ lawsuit
By Lisa de Moraes, The Washington Post
A mistrial was declared last month in the first trial, after a jury in Los Angeles announced it was deadlocked 8-4. Sheridan claims her Edie Britt character was offed in early 2009 because she had complained when show creator Marc Cherry allegedly hit her on the head on the set, in late ‘08.
But former ABC Entertainment prez Steve McPherson, and former ABC Studios chief Mark Pedowitz both testified the decision to electrocute Edie came before the date Sheridan said she’d been thwapped. Cherry, who was originally named in the suit, was dropped when the battery charge against him was dropped about half way through the first trial.
Nicollette Sheridan granted retrial for unfair dismissal from `Desperate Housewives`
Zee News
The jury on Sheridan’s first trial deadlocked eight to four in favour of the actress.
The actress claims she was booted off Wisteria Lane for good shortly after she complained show creator Marc Cherry walloped her in the head during an on-set script dispute in September 2008.
Cherry maintains he only “tapped” the actress to give her direction for a scene and that the decision to cut Sheridan’s trampy character was made months earlier in May 2008.
Nicollette Sheridan granted a retrial in her unfair dismissal case against Desperate Housewives
By Jade Watkins, the Daily Mail
There were tales of salary disputes and arguments over forgotten lines.
Sheridan said Cherry talked down to her, and he recalled her as rude, unpunctual and unprepared for rehearsals.
He also recounted her fighting with co-star Teri Hatcher over forgotten lines and said two other stars, Felicity Huffman and Eva Longoria, were 'relieved' when they learned she was leaving the show.
Nicollette Sheridan lands re-trial date
San Francisco Chronicle
Last month the writer and the TV bosses testified in court that the decision to axe Sheridan’s character, Edie Britt, was made months before the alleged incident, but Los Angeles Superior Court jury members failed to reach a verdict and the case was declared a mistrial by Judge Elizabeth White. A battery charge against Cherry was also tossed out.
Not satisfied by the inconclusive ruling, Sheridan’s lawyers have been campaigning for the chance to present the case again, and, on Wednesday, White granted the actress a re-trial date of September 10.
By Lisa de Moraes, The Washington Post
A mistrial was declared last month in the first trial, after a jury in Los Angeles announced it was deadlocked 8-4. Sheridan claims her Edie Britt character was offed in early 2009 because she had complained when show creator Marc Cherry allegedly hit her on the head on the set, in late ‘08.
But former ABC Entertainment prez Steve McPherson, and former ABC Studios chief Mark Pedowitz both testified the decision to electrocute Edie came before the date Sheridan said she’d been thwapped. Cherry, who was originally named in the suit, was dropped when the battery charge against him was dropped about half way through the first trial.
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Zee News
The jury on Sheridan’s first trial deadlocked eight to four in favour of the actress.
The actress claims she was booted off Wisteria Lane for good shortly after she complained show creator Marc Cherry walloped her in the head during an on-set script dispute in September 2008.
Cherry maintains he only “tapped” the actress to give her direction for a scene and that the decision to cut Sheridan’s trampy character was made months earlier in May 2008.
Nicollette Sheridan granted a retrial in her unfair dismissal case against Desperate Housewives
By Jade Watkins, the Daily Mail
There were tales of salary disputes and arguments over forgotten lines.
Sheridan said Cherry talked down to her, and he recalled her as rude, unpunctual and unprepared for rehearsals.
He also recounted her fighting with co-star Teri Hatcher over forgotten lines and said two other stars, Felicity Huffman and Eva Longoria, were 'relieved' when they learned she was leaving the show.
Nicollette Sheridan lands re-trial date
San Francisco Chronicle
Last month the writer and the TV bosses testified in court that the decision to axe Sheridan’s character, Edie Britt, was made months before the alleged incident, but Los Angeles Superior Court jury members failed to reach a verdict and the case was declared a mistrial by Judge Elizabeth White. A battery charge against Cherry was also tossed out.
Not satisfied by the inconclusive ruling, Sheridan’s lawyers have been campaigning for the chance to present the case again, and, on Wednesday, White granted the actress a re-trial date of September 10.
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