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Jim Carrey sued by the mother of his Irish former girlfriend over her ‘wrongful death'

Jim Carrey right, carries the coffin of ex-girlfriend Cathriona White to Our Lady of Fatima Church, in her home village of Cappawhite, Co Tipperary ahead of her funeral in 2015. Picture by Niall Carson, Press Association 
Jim Carrey right, carries the coffin of ex-girlfriend Cathriona White to Our Lady of Fatima Church, in her home village of Cappawhite, Co Tipperary ahead of her funeral in 2015. Picture by Niall Carson, Press Association  Jim Carrey right, carries the coffin of ex-girlfriend Cathriona White to Our Lady of Fatima Church, in her home village of Cappawhite, Co Tipperary ahead of her funeral in 2015. Picture by Niall Carson, Press Association 

THE mother of Jim Carrey's Irish ex-girlfriend Cathriona White is suing the actor for wrongful death, less than a month after Ms White's estranged husband filed a similar lawsuit.

Brigid Sweetman said Carrey should be "ashamed" of his treatment of her daughter over claims he illegally provided the make-up artist with prescription drugs involved in her 2015 suicide.

Ms Sweetman also repeats allegations made by Ms White's husband Mark Burton that Carrey gave her daughter sexually transmitted diseases.

In a statement, Ms Sweetman said: "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."

In papers filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court, Ms Sweetman is suing Carrey for wrongful death and violation of the drug dealer liabilty act.

She claims The Mask star tested positive for "numerous STDs" in January 28, 2013, and provided a false name - Jose Lopez - for the test.

Mr Burton filed a similar lawsuit last month in which he claimed Carrey used his "immense wealth and celebrity status" to illegally obtain Ambien, Propranolol and Percocet that caused Ms White's death.

He also alleged that Carrey had given Ms White herpes type 1, genital herpes and gonorrhoea in 2013, and that the actor pressured her to keep quiet.

Ms White (30) from Cappawhite, Co Tipperary, was found dead at her Los Angeles home in September 2015 after overdosing on prescription drugs. A coroner recorded her death as suicide.

Ms Sweetman is being represented by lawyer Michael Avenatti, who is also representing Mr Burton in his lawsuit.

Carrey's lawyer Martin Singer said it was "understandable" that Ms Sweetman was looking to apportion blame.

"But in directing her grief and rage at Jim Carrey and joining this ridiculous lawyer's attempt to capitalise on Cathriona's suicide, Ms Sweetman is heading down the same dark path as Cathriona's green-card 'husband' Mark Burton," he said.

"Cathriona often lamented about her contentious relationship with her mother, how she was forced to leave home at the age of 15, and how they had been estranged for years."