Jim Carrey is firing back at the family of his deceased ex-girlfriend Cathriona White.
“The Mask” star Carrey has filed a cross-complaint, claiming that a lawsuit alleging that he was responsible for White’s death is just the latest in a number of extortion attempts against him.
Carrey is being sued by White’s estranged husband Mark Burton and mother Brigid Sweetman. The wrongful death lawsuit, initially filed in September 2016, alleges that Carrey illegally obtained “highly addictive and, in this case deadly” drugs under the name Arthur King, then gave them to White, subsequently causing her death in September 2015.
A subsequent amended complaint alleged that Carrey gave White herpes without informing her that he had the disease.