Nicollette Sheridan on why she did not report ' attack '

Actress Nicollette Sheridan does not have any formal demand action after his boss "Desperate Housewives" allegedly "attacked" her because she was trying to keep his job, his lucrative entertainment attorney testified Tuesday.

Attorney Neil Meyer said jurors Sheridan called him "very upset" and said the September 24, 2008 Show creator Marc Cherry had just hit her head "very hard" during a test.

Meyer said he figured it must have been "pretty bad" because "you wouldn't just call me like that."

He later called Howard Davine, an advocate of Corporate Affairs for the ABC hit show, informally reporting the incident, he said.

"I said that not seeking ABC/Disney do nothing why Nicollette was concerned about retribution by Marc Cherry. She was willing to just put my head down and then return to work, "Meyer told the jury. "She was worried that if we (pursued the matter), his work would be in danger. ...She told me that Mr. Cherry was a very vindictive man. "

Said Davine later sent a letter saying an internal investigation found no irregularities.

"I heard that it was like a wash of white. It was a self-serving letter, "he said.

Sheridan's termination from the show just a few months later in February "shocked" him, he said.

"It struck me as retaliation," he said.

Sheridan, 48, has sued Cherry and show top brass for millions, claiming Cherry walloped her "tough" when she questioned him about a change script when comparing rehearsal 2008. His lawsuit, filed in April 2010, claims that she was fired five months later because he said it crossed the line.

The blonde bombshell, who played Edie Britt housewife trampy for five seasons, said earlier the incident with the jurors left her feeling "Cherry" humiliated ".

Cherry, meanwhile, has characterized his action as a minor physical Overture intended to give a direction Sheridan for a scene.

"Tapped his head," said during testimony Monday, adding that "fingers" were the parts of the body that came into contact with Sheridan. When Sheridan's lawyer, Mark Baute, said Cherry described the body as part of the "right" in deposition testimony, seasoned comedy writer took the opportunity to score a laugh.

"Yes," Cherry said, "you're attached to my right."

Cherry described the faucet as liaison with Sheridan "upside the head" and said it was part of a demonstration of a "hint" that he wanted his character to give her husband on the screen.

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Car wash workers endure mistreatment, report says

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Car wash workers in New York are routinely denied overtime, exposed to toxic chemicals and receive less than minimum wage, according to a report unveiled Tuesday.

Labor advocates are pushing for industry-wide reform — a campaign that includes the call to unionize workers, mostly undocumented Latino immigrants.

The report commissioned by WASH New York, a coalition of labor and community groups, is based on interviews with 89 workers at 29 car washes around the city. Not one of the employees interviewed said they got sick time and only one was offered any sort of employer-sponsored health plan, the report stated.

“It’s not a few bad apples, it’s citywide,” said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail Wholesale and Department Store union, which helped launch the campaign.

Dozens of workers and their supporters, some hoisting signs that read “this store steals workers’ wages” and “give us back our money,” rallied Tuesday in front of Metro Car Wash in Rego Park.

Car wash worker David de la Cruz Perez recounted tales of mistreatment — and in his case physical injury.

Perez immigrated from Guatemala five years ago and found work at Sutphin Boulevard Car Wash in Jamaica, he said. While adjusting the car wash track one day, his boss turned on the machine, crushing his hand and causing nerve damage, Perez said.

He ignored his throbbing hand as he finished his 12-hour shift, Perez said, and was forced to miss six months of work without compensation.

“It still hurts a lot every day,” he said through a translator.

Sutphin Boulevard Car Wash management did not return a call seeking comment.

Paulino Cabrera, manager at LMC Car Wash in East Harlem, another business charged with unfair labor practices, said his company treats workers fairly. All workers are offered lunch and coffee breaks as well as proper protective gear, he said.

“Ask my employees over here,” he said. Providing protective gear “is part of the company.”

Other allegations in the report included managers docking employees’ tips for minor offenses, employees being forced to buy their own safety equipment and verbal harassment by higher-ups.

The report, commissioned jointly with community groups Make the Road New York and New York Communities for Change, recommends stricter industry oversight and an easier path to unionization.

“Today the struggling begins,” said Vincent Alvarez, president of the New York City Central Labor Council. “But we will be with you through this battle.”

vchinese@nydailynews.com

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