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Cathriona White overdosed on drugs that her parents believed Jim Carrey gave.
Actor Jim Carrey is expected to face a trial next year over the suicide of his former girlfriend Cathriona White.
Irish-born make-up artist White, 30, was found dead in September 2015 after overdosing on prescription drugs. Carrey and White began dating in 2012 after meeting on a movie set. The couple split in 2013, but is understood to have reunited earlier in 2015 before parting ways again short before her suicide.
The Press Association now reports that White’s mother, Brigid Sweetman, and estranged husband, Mark Burton, are both suing Jim Carrey in wrongful death suits, claiming that he provided White with the prescription drugs that she overdosed on. Sweetman also alleges that Carrey gave her daughter sexually transmitted diseases shortly before her death.
A judge at the Los Angeles Superior Court ruled on Wednesday (May 31) that the case would go to trial next year and is expected to last 20 days. Carrey’s lawyer had asked the judge to throw the case out of court, arguing that his client would find the trial “very painful”.
Signing off Twitter, I hope I have been a light to my nearest and dearest. ✌?️❤️ to yo all
— Cathriona white (@littleirishcat) September 24, 2015
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