Nicollette Sheridan is being sued by her former manager for more than $500,000.
Rob Lee claims the Desperate Housewives star broke an agreement to pay him a percentage of her income.
Lee alleges he 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
Nicollette Sheridan is being sued by her former manager for more than $500,000.