Jim Carrey contributed to ex-girlfriend's suicide, claims a lawsuit
Jim Carrey hit with lawsuit On Monday, Jim Carrey was hit with a wrongful-death lawsuit stemming from the September 2015 suicide of his ex-girlfriend Cathriona White.
Jim Carrey hit with lawsuit
On Monday, Jim Carrey was hit with a wrongful-death lawsuit stemming from the September 2015 suicide of his ex-girlfriend Cathriona White.
Filed in Los Angeles by White's widower, Mark Burton, the suit charges that the opioid painkillers White used to kill herself were illegally obtained by Carrey. The suit claims Carrey got the drugs under the assumed name Arthur King and gave them to White despite knowing she was "prone to depression and had previously attempted to take her own life." It says that after White's death, Carrey tried to "conceal and obfuscate his involvement and culpability in . . . [her] death."
Burton's suit seeks an undisclosed sum and demands a jury trial.
Carrey has yet to release a statement.
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