Jim Carrey sued by mother of ex-girlfriend for wrongful death
Actor Jim Carrey is being sued by the mother of his former girlfriend Cathriona White.
Ms White, 30, committed suicide in September 2015 by overdosing on prescription drugs.
Brigid Sweetman has filed a lawsuit for wrongful death and violation of the drug dealer liabilty act.
Her action comes just less than a month after Ms White's former husband, Mark Burton, also lodged a complaint against Carrey blaming him for her death.
Carrey has denied any wrongdoing in relation to Ms White's death and in a previous response to Mr Burton's lawsuit said that he would fight against the allegations.
In court papers filed in Los Angeles, Ms Sweetman reportedly claims that Carrey illegally provided Ms White with the prescription drugs involved in her suicide.
She also claims that the actor infected her daughter with STDs and refers to a note left by Ms White, in which she described being called a "whore" and "an opportunist" by the actor.
Ms Sweetman is being represented by lawyer Michael Avenatti, who is also representing Mr Burton in his lawsuit.
In response to Ms Sweetman's lawsuit, Carrey's lawyer Mr Singer said: "It is understandable that a mother who has lost a daughter will look for someone to blame.
"But in directing her grief and rage at Jim Carrey and joining this ridiculous lawyer's attempt to capitalise on Cathriona's suicide, Ms Sweetman is heading down the same dark path as Cathriona's green-card 'husband' Mark Burton.
"Cathriona often lamented about her contentious relationship with her mother, how she was forced to leave home at the age of 15, and how they had been estranged for years."