Jim Carrey Drops Demand That Late Girlfriend's Mother Pay $372K if He Wins Wrongful Death Suit

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Jim Carrey has dropped a motion demanding that Brigid Sweetman, mother of his late girlfriend Cathriona White, pay him $372,000 should she lose her wrongful death lawsuit against the comedian.

Carrey also withdrew a similar motion filed against White’s estranged husband, Mark Burton, who filed a separate wrongful death lawsuit. Both motions were filed by Carrey’s attorney on June 23.

“Defendant withdraws these motions with prejudice in light of the Plaintiff’s stated claims of indignency and illness,” says the motion, obtained by TheWrap.

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“Counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendant have tentatively agreed to meet and confer over discovery and mediation in person on June 28,” the motion continues.

Sweetman is suing the actor and comedian for wrongful death related to White’s 2015 suicide, her lawsuit alleging that Carrey contributed to her death by providing her with drugs and transmitting multiple STDs to her without telling her he was infected.

“Jim Carrey should be ashamed of what he did to my daughter. And he should be ashamed for how he has used his Hollywood attorneys to badmouth Cat’s husband Mark with the hope that nobody will hold him responsible for what he did,” Sweetman said in a statement after filing the lawsuit in October.

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The complaint goes on to claim that Carrey tested positive for multiple STDs in 2013, using the name Jose Gomez for the tests.

Burton has made similar allegations in his separate wrongful death lawsuit.

Carrey has denied the claims in both wrongful death suits. In response to Sweetman’s suit, Carrey’s attorney, Marty Singer, claimed that she had “a contentious relationship” with White, and that the two had been “estranged for years.”

Jim Carrey Lawsuit: What We Know So Far (Photos)

"The Mask" star Jim Carrey has become embroiled in a legal saga, with relatives of his deceased ex-girlfriend, Cathriona White, claiming that he's responsible for her death. Read on for a timeline of Carrey's legal woes in the matter.
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September 2015: White (pictured left with Carrey) dies at age 28, of what authorities ultimately determine was a suicide.
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October 2015: Carrey attends White's funeral in Ireland, helping to carry her coffin.
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July 7, 2016: Carrey blasts the release of White's autopsy report, saying in a statement, “When I came to Hollywood to make it as a comedian, I soon learned that the details of my private life would be handed out to the media like free dinner vouchers. I never dreamed that the people I love most in the world would also be on the menu. What a shame.”
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Sept. 19, 2016: White's estranged husband, Mark Burton, files a lawsuit against Carrey, claiming that the actor caused White's death. Burton claims that Carrey obtained "highly addictive, and in this case deadly" drugs under the pseudonym Arthur King, and provided White with those drugs. Carrey's lawyers call the suit an "abhorrent money-grab scheme."
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Sept. 22, 2016: Burton files an amended complaint, claiming that Carrey also gave White two forms of herpes and gonorrhea without telling her that he had contracted the diseases.
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Sept. 23, 2016: Carrey rips into Burton in a statement: “Is this the way a ‘husband’ honors the memory of his ‘wife'? The real disease here is greed, shameful greed!”
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Oct. 11, 2016: White's mother, Brigid Sweetman, files suit. In addition to echoing most of Burton's allegations, Sweetman claims that Carrey tested positive for STDs in 2013, using the pseudonym "Jose Lopez" for the test. Carrey’s lawyer Martin Singer issues a statement soon after saying that White had complained of having a “contentious relationship” with Sweetman, and claimed that they had been “estranged for years.”
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Oct. 12, 2016: Sweetman issues a statement saying she will drop her lawsuit if Carrey can produce the test results showing that he did not contract STDs. If not, "then Carrey and his attorney must admit they have lied to the media and the public. The public has a right to know when they have been lied to.”
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“The Mask” actor is accused in legal documents of contributing to the death of his ex-girlfriend, Cathriona White

"The Mask" star Jim Carrey has become embroiled in a legal saga, with relatives of his deceased ex-girlfriend, Cathriona White, claiming that he's responsible for her death. Read on for a timeline of Carrey's legal woes in the matter.

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Jim Carrey Lawsuit: What We Know So Far (Photos)

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