Brad Pitt faces heavy accusations of fraud and manipulation
A woman resident of the state of Texas in the United States sued the actor for $ 100,000
A Texas woman in the United States sued Brad Pitt for $ 100,000. The victim alleged that the actor proposed to her and then scammed her out of a large sum of money for his charity program. According to the actor's lawyers, the woman was misled by an online scammer who usurped Brad Pitt's identity.
Kelli Christina, a chief healthcare officer, claimed in court documents that she paid $ 40,000 for the actor's charitable foundation. Make It Right built new homes for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The accuser claimed that she developed a very close relationship with the actor where there were marriage proposals, court documents state.
A cruel deception
Brad Pitt's attorney claimed that Christina was cruelly misled by a cyber scammer posing as the actor, according to court documents. The Oscar winner's legal team filed a motion in a Texas court noting that he never had dealings with Christina. An application was made to dismiss the case.
"Neither the Make It Right Entities nor Mr. Pitt reached an agreement with the Plaintiff," the documents say. "Rather, as [Christina] herself has acknowledged, it appears that the communications about any settlement were apparently with one or more people illegally posing as the defendant," the motion to dismiss reads.
The demand
“According to Christina's own admissions, the communications she now claims to have had with Mr. Pitt were actually between Plaintiff and one or more persons posing as Brad Pitt and were not affiliated in any way with the Make It Right Foundation. ”, He says. Christina's original lawsuit, filed in Texas District Court, stated: “In 2018, Brad Pitt approached plaintiff Kelli Christina in order to raise funds for the Make It Right Foundation, a charitable cause benefiting victims. Hurricane Katrina «.
