LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2006

Ex-Manager Suing Nicollette Sheridan

Claims Credit For Her 'Desperate' Success, Demands Cash

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    "Desperate Housewives" star Nicollette Sheridan, on the red carpet at the Golden Globes awards this past January in Los Angeles.  (CBS/The Early Show)

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(AP)  The former manager of "Desperate Housewives" co-star Nicollette Sheridan filed a lawsuit accusing the actress of breaking an agreement to pay a percentage of her income.

Rob Lee claimed Sheridan hired him when her career "consisted primarily of occasional appearances on television." The lawsuit filed Thursday also said Lee persuaded Sheridan to audition for "Desperate Housewives," and stopped her from abandoning a second audition.

Thanks to the show's success, "Sheridan's entertainment career was reborn," according to the suit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court

Sheridan initially paid Lee 10 percent of her gross income, but stopped paying after she fired him in November 2004, according to the complaint.

The suit seeks more than $500,000 in damages.

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