Jim Carrey sued over death

Hollywood actor Jim Carrey is being sued for wrongful death and drug violations, accused by the husband of his late girlfriend of illegally obtaining and giving her the powerful painkillers she used to kill herself in September 2015.

The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles by Mark Burton, who was married to Irish woman Cathriona White, 30, at the time of her death, when she had been in a relationship with Carrey.

Burton’s suit attempts to strip Carrey of his “grieving good guy” image and paints him as reckless and deceitful before and after her death.