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"A trial involving former Desperate Housewives Nicollette Sheridan and the show&amp;#039;s creator Marc Cherry has begun.  Former series star Sheridan has claimed that she was wrongfully terminated from the ABC series after Cherry allegedly struck her on the head.  Sheridan, who played Edie Britt on the show, is asking for $6 million (\u00A33.8 million) in damages.  The trial - in which a jury will decide whether Sheridan was wrongfully terminated, as well as whether Cherry committed battery by hitting her - began on Wednesday (February 29) with an opening statement from Sheridan&amp;#039;s lawyer Mark Baute. &amp;quot;This is a man hitting a woman in the head - hard - without her consent,&amp;quot; Baute told the court. Cherry has admitted to touching Sheridan, but claims that it was merely a &amp;quot;tap&amp;quot; to give her artistic direction. With a trial, Sheridan hopes to prove that the decision to kill off her character was made after the slapping incident and the subsequent inquiry by ABC, which would suggest that her complaints led to the character&amp;#039;s demise.  She is scheduled to give evidence on Thursday morning (March 1). Desperate Housewives is currently in its eighth and final season.  &amp;gt; Desperate Housewives cast to give evidence in Nicolette Sheridan case "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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