• 23
  • August
    2010

There's another wrongful termination lawsuit in the air at "Desperate Housewives," though this one has less to do with the show itself and everything to do with one of its biggest stars.

Recently, former public relations professional Jennifer Glassman filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Housewives star Teri Hatcher. In the suit, she claims that Hatcher asked her to take a vice presidential role in Hatcher's production company, ISBE Productions, and promised her 50 percent of the profits from projects that she would work on.

Glassman took the opportunity and, according to her complaint, dedicated herself to getting the job done. However, all that hard work netted her next to nothing when Hatcher and ABC pushed her out of the profit line. Glassman claims that she was dismissed just before a successful launch of gethatched.com, which is run through Disney's family.com site.

The biggest problem facing Glassman is that no detailed contract was signed, making it hard to show that Hatcher offered her anything specific or that the position was more than at-will employment. The only contract supposed to have been signed is one that operated more as a "formality" and "does not include terms of employment, compensation, job duties or title."

Still, Glassman feels confident that she is in the right and is asking for an unspecified amount of damages for wrongful termination, fraud, intentional deceit and emotional distress.

Hatcher, ABC and Disney have all denied the charges vigorously and announced plans to fight the charges in court if necessary.

Earlier this year, Nicollette Sheridan sued ABC and show creator Marc Cherry for wrongful termination, assault and other indiscretions.

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