Brad Pitt has suffered a legal blow in an ongoing lawsuit that was submitted against him by some of the victims of the hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The actor had built houses for these people after the natural disaster, but the houses reported reported dangerous molds, which led to the collection campaign they submitted.
The legal team has now made an application for this victim to receive important documents during the discovery level.
It was also known that Brad Pitt had tried to face the deposit and claimed that it was impossible due to its shooting plan.
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Court orders Brad Pitt and his legal team to hand over important documents
The legal team for some victims of the Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans has granted its application for important documents from Brad Pitt and his make it right foundation in an ongoing lawsuit of $ 20.5 million.
The victims had sued the Hollywood actor and his non -profit organization a few years ago in a class action and argue that he built defective houses for them after the natural disaster.
Pitt had spent $ 12 million through his Make IT Right project to build these houses that are ecologically sustainable.
Since then, however, most of the houses have been overcome by mold and other significant problems that have influenced some of the owners immensely.
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In the meantime, it remains unclear what the exact documents are, but there are reportedly over 70,000 documents plus 30,000 pages of financial information.
The legal team of homeowners now endeavor to hire forensic accountants in order to check these documents before a possible negotiation.
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Brad Pitt tried to avoid deposit
As part of the recent revelations, it became known that Pitt had tried not to be stopped.
The actor’s lawyers had claimed that he had no relevant information and his schedule would not allow him.
“Mr. Pitt von Pitt’s production plan contains concerns that go beyond his personal time and attention” The US sun.
“Above all, the absence of Mr. Pitt in film production in the event of a deposit could lead to major planning problems with potential legal and financial consequences for the studio.”
Pitts lawyers also argued that personal deposition for the actor will be expensive if he is forced.
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“In addition, Mr. Pitt will be on site in Europe in the coming months, which means that every personal deposit contains costly and time -consuming journey,” they added.
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A status conference is planned for the next month
Although this information about the application recently came to light, it was actually submitted in April last year.
In June, however, the presiding judge decided how the discovery process had to be completed.
Next in the lawsuit there is a status conference that will take place in the coming month.
The conference will probably set a date for the test version and redirect the progress of the case.
The lawsuit against Brad Pitt was almost included in 2022
The legal dispute brought to this point after a proposed comparison contract between the parties in 2022.
At that time, Celeb-supported Eco-Charity Global Green agreed to pay $ 20.5 million for PITT and his charity organization of $ 20.5 million.
“Brad had supported Global Green many years ago. When they turned to his team, which stated 20.5 million US dollars for the financing, it was secured by their” generous donors “, there was interest in the examination of their proposal,” said Pitt’s representative of The Hollywood Reporter in a statement in 2023.
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In the statement, the representative also claimed that “Global Green appeared as already raised funds” and Pitt also promised that she intended to use them to “solve all claims in the current lawsuit for the benefit of homeowners”.
“It was incredibly surprising for the plaintiffs, the accused and their lawyer to find out that the global Green Green funds who claimed had actually not been committed or accepted,” the representative noted.
Brad Pitt let Angelina Jolie divorce after 8 years
In addition to his legal dispute against the victims of hurricane Katrina, Pitt has other legal problems in his life, especially in his legal feud with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie, about her Chateau Miraval-Weingut.
However, after eight years, the former Hollywood Power couple let off their divorce, as in documents that were submitted to the Los Angeles Superior Court on December 30th.
Although no financial records were announced in the documents that Daily Mail reported that Jolie had 80 million $ 80 million through the long judicial dispute, 80 million US dollars had gone away.
The film stars EXES should be relieved that they have finally ended their divorce, even though they still have more legal battles in front of them due to their business dispute.
