Teri Hatcher "Sex In A Van" Story

A judge granted the Desperate Housewives star's request to dismiss a lawsuit she filed against the author of a report claiming she used a camper parked outside her home for steamy sexual liaisons, court records show.

The offending story, written by Patricia Nolan, appeared in a pair of British tabloids and the National Enquirer last year. It alleged that the actress would leave her eight-year-old daughter, Madison, alone in her home while Hatcher snuck outside for "sex romps" with a steady rotation of men in a VW bus kept in her driveway for that purpose.

Hatcher successfully sued Britain's Daily Sport and the Sun over the offending story, winning undisclosed damages and a public apology from both publications.


She also accepted an apology from the National Enquirer, which stated it believed that Nolan's report "was fabricated and the story was false," and retracted the article.

"I will never allow any tabloid to so egregiously attack the area of my life which I give top priority, and that is my parenting," Hatcher said of her victory.

The actress had also sued Nolan for defamation, and a default judgment was entered against the reporter in February, according to court records.

A hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday in the matter involving Nolan's alleged failure to abide by the default judgment, but it was canceled after the case was dismissed at Hatcher's request.

The actress' attorney, John Lavely, did not respond to a request for comment on the matter.

Perhaps Hatcher is sick of rehashing the past and wants to concentrate on the future.

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