Nicollette Sheridan has been granted permission to sue the creator of 'Desperate Housewives'.
The actress was told by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White that the case she filed in April 2010 accusing Marc Cherry and network ABC of alleged assault and battery, gender violence, wrongful termination and discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation and age following her axe from the show in September 2008 is valid.
Lawyers for the network argued against the discrimination aspect of the suit, insisting it provided an uncertain cause of action because it combined three separate claims.
However, the judge said: "Although annoying, inconvenient and inconsiderate, the failure to separate the three distinct wrongs does not result in an inability to understand what is alleged."
She also denied ABC's request to have some language relating to the alleged harassment from the complaint removed.
The network's lawyer Adam Levin told the judge both parties had not agreed to mediation, meaning the dispute may now be played out in open court.
In her suit, Nicollette - who is suing for $20 million damages - claimed Marc hit her across the face and sacked her when she complained to network ABC.
