A sexual harassment case that was brought against Friends writers 6 years ago was finally thrown out of the California Supreme Court on 20th April.

Amaani Lyle, who was a studio assistant in 1999, accused the defendants - Adam Chase, Gregory Malins and Andrew Reich - that certain conversations held during the writers' meetings could be construed as harassment. She alleged that the men openly made sexually explicit comments about their sex lives and those of Courtney Cox, David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston.

After a unanimous decision was made by the justices that there was no case, Justice Marvin Baxter stated, "Most of the sexually coarse and vulgar language at issue did not involve and was not aimed at plaintiff or other women in the workplace." It had also been made clear that Lyle had been warned of the "adult-orientated … sexual themes" of the show before she was employed and deemed that smutty talk would be an expected part of the creative process.

The writers stated, "We maintain, as we have since day one in this case, that the majority of the allegations the plaintiff made against us are complete and total fabrications."

Lyle had actually been fired after four months employment for not being able to transcribe fast enough.

'Sorry? Is that with one 'c' or two?'