Brad Pitt sued by a woman over cat fishing scam
Brad Pitt is already tackling his custody battle with Angelina Jolie. Now the actor has yet another lawsuit to deal with. Brad has been sued for USD 100,000 after a woman claims he wooed her for marriage. Kelli Christina, a health care CEO from Plano, claimed that she paid USD 40,000 for Brad to make five appearances at events arranged for his charity foundation, Make It Right Foundation. The woman also claimed that the duo developed a relationship that they discussed marriage as well.
The woman claimed that “Pitt” canceled at the last minute for every event with the assurance that he would appear “next time.” However, he still had the $40,000 appearance fee credited to his account.
From 2007 to 2016, Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation spent $26.9m (£20.7m) and built over 100 ‘green’ homes in the wake of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. However, in 2018 the foundation was sued by two New Orleans residents. They claimed that they were ‘defective and improperly constructed homes’.
Brad Pitt’s reaction on these accusations:
The actor’s legal team has responded to claims. They said that Kelli has been tricked by a scammer online who pretended to be Pitt. Pitt denied ever having any communication with Christina. He also stated that he never asked her for any payments, nor did he authorize anyone else to do so.
“By [Christina’s] own admissions, the communications she now alleges to have had with Mr. Pitt were actually between Plaintiff and one or more individuals posing as, in Plaintiff’s words, ‘fake Brad Pitts’ and not in any way affiliated with the Make It Right Foundation,” the team’s filing motion said.
However, Kelli has dismissed the motion and said that she will fight it.
