Jim Carrey has been faced with a second wrongful death lawsuit regarding Cathriona White.
Last month, the 54-year-old actor faced claims - made by Cathriona's
estranged husband Mark Burton - that he supplied his ex-girlfriend with
drugs so that she could take her own life, resulting in her tragic
suicide last year.
Now, Cathriona's mother Brigid Sweetman has filed a second lawsuit
against the 'Bruce Almighty' actor, claiming that her daughter took her
own life after she realised the star had given her three sexually
transmitted diseases.
But it doesn't stop there, as according to TMZ Brigid also claims that
Jim shamed Cathriona by calling her a "w***e", and threatened her into
keeping silent.
The lawsuit states that in 2013, Cathriona learned from her doctor that
she had contracted two different types of herpes, as well as chlamydia.
Brigid says the actor was at first dismissive of the claims, and later
argued that she could have contracted the diseases from someone else.
The suit claims that Cathriona struggled emotionally before she overdosed on Ambien, Propranolol, and Percocet.
However, TMZ also report Marty Singer - the lawyer for the 'Dumb and
Dumber' star - has branded the lawsuit as "a sham", as he claims
Cathriona and her mother have been estranged for years.
Marty also claims that Cathriona was forced to move out of her home when she was 15, due to the way her mother treated her.
Jim's lawyer states that Brigid is directing her grief and anger over
the loss of her daughter toward the star, but branded her actions as
another attempt to capitalise on her death.