Jim Carrey wins bid to use Cathriona White's medical records in wrongful death lawsuit
THE court has given Jim Carrey permission to use Cathriona White's medical records in the wrongful death lawsuit against him, reports state.
Jim Carrey has won his bid to use Cathriona White's medical records in the wrongful death lawsuit
The actor's ex-girlfriend, 30, was found dead at her home in Los Angeles in 2015 after a fatal overdose of prescription drugs.
White's estranged husband Mark Burton and her mother Brigid Sweetman are suing Carrey, 55, for her wrongful death, accusing him of using his "wealth, influence and celebrity status" to provide the medication which killed her.
However, Carrey's lawyer Raymond Boucher has argued that White had recently undergone breast augmentation surgery and had been prescribed medication that could have caused her death, The Telegraph state.
Although the family has been fighting to prevent Carrey from being able to admit White's medical history on privacy grounds, the publications reports that, yesterday, Judge Diedre Hill ruled at Los Angeles Superior Court that it should be disclosed.
The judge ruled that Carrey could use her medical records in the lawsuit against him
White died from an overdose in 2015
Sweetman's case also accuses the Yes Man star of giving her daughter sexually transmitted diseases.
Carrey denies that he was responsible for giving White heres type 1 and 2 in 2013.
After the hearing, Boucher said that the decision was an "extremely important" victory for Carrey, according to reports.
"The most important thing is we want the medication evidence," he said. "We want to be able to establish that Mr Carrey absolutely did not transmit any herpes and he did not hive her his pain medication and she could access her own."
White's mother Brigid Sweetman and her estranged husband are suing Carrey following her suicide
The lawsuit accuses Carrey of supplying the medication which killed White
The website states that the White family's lawyer Michael Avenetti also said that they were pleased at the ruling, explaining that Carrey's records could also be admitted following the decision.
"We are pleased because now the same standard will apply to Mr Carrey," he said. "He should be very nervous."
Carrey denies all allegations and will face trial in April next year.
Express.co.uk has contacted a representative for Jim Carrey asking for comment.