'Housewives' crew 'doubt Sheridan claim'

Crew working on the set of Desperate Housewives have reportedly expressed doubts about Nicollette Sheridan's assault accusations against the show's creator Marc Cherry.

The actress, who played Edie Britt on the series, alleged that the writer-producer struck her in the face, and is now suing for assault and battery.

However, multiple programme staff have since told TMZ that they have no knowledge of any such incident taking place.

While one source acknowledged that there were "verbal tiffs" between Cherry and the drama's stars, they cast doubts over the affray because Cherry is "for the most part, a good guy [and] very professional".

Another anonymous employee flatly refuted the allegations, saying, "Nothing like this ever happened," before adding that they "never saw anything questionable or negative".

A further insider, who has worked on all six seasons of the programme, insisted: "It's something that would have been discussed had it happened."