Nicollette Sheridan has claimed she was hit in the face and had her Desperate Housewives contract terminated by the show’s creator and producer in legal papers filed in Los Angeles, the BBC reports. Sheridan claims Marc Cherry hit her in the face in September 2008 when she questioned a script and later killed off her character, maneater Edie Britt, when she reported the incident to the ABC network. Sheridan's court papers claim Cherry created a hostile work environment and the producer was regularly aggressive and abusive toward the show's cast and writers. Of the alleged assault, Sheridan says Cherry "took her aside and forcefully hit her with his hand across her face and head" before later visiting the actresses trailer to "beg forgiveness".
“[It is] exceptionally unusual for a popular character like Sheridan's to be killed off or written out of a television series unless the actor has requested [it]," the paper adds.
Sheridan is believed to be seeking $20m (£13.1m) in damages.
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