Actor Jim Carrey sued for wrongful death of
ex-girlfriend
Jim Carrey's former girlfriend's husband is
sueing the actor for illegally supplying prescription drugs to Cathriona
White,that resulted in her death. The lawsuit, filed by White's husband Mark
Burton in Los Angeles Superior Court, accused Carrey , 54, of “using his
immense wealth and celebrity status to illegally obtain and distribute highly
addictive and, in this case deadly, controlled substances.“
White,
30, an Irish-born makeup artist, was found dead in her Los Angeles apartment in
September 2015, in an apparent suicide.
A
celebrity news website had said at the time of White's death that she and
Carrey had an on-and-off romance and had broken up the week before her death.
Burton's lawsuit said White was “engaged in a sexual relationship with Carrey“
at the time of her death.
Carrey
had previously called White “my sweet Cathriona“ in a statement following her
death, adding, “She was a truly kind and delicate Irish flower, too sensitive
for this soil.“
In his
lawsuit, Burton alleged that Carrey obtained the prescription drugs Percocet,
Ambien and Propranolol under the name of “ Arthur King“ and gave them to White
even though he knew she was “prone to depression“ and “had previously attempted
to take her own life.“
Burton,who
is seeking a jury trial, also said Carrey had made “an effort to cover up his
conduct and complicity in her death“ by saying White may have taken the drugs
from him without his knowledge. He added that the actor never made good on his
offer to pay for White's funeral expenses, despite “considerable efforts to
publicize his supposed generosity as it is related to the death of White.“
Carrey,
who called the wrongful death lawsuit `a terrible shame' in a statement, added,
“there are some moments in life when you have to stand up and defend your honor
against the evil in this world.“
Carey's
statement also said, “I will not tolerate this heartless attempt to exploit me
or the woman I loved. Cat's troubles were born long before I met her and sadly
, her tragic end was beyond anyone's control. I really hope that some day
people will stop trying to profit from this and let her rest in peace.“
(TOI)
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