Jim Carrey carries Cathriona White's casket at her funeral in Ireland on Oct. 10, 2015.Splash News
Jim Carrey is likely to face trial on accusations of supplying the drugs that killed his ex-girlfriend.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge indicated she would not throw out the lawsuit brought by Cathriona White’s mother and ex-husband and estimated it would last 20 days.
Carrey’s lawyer said the actor would find the civil trial “very painful” after a date was set for the star to face a jury.
Carrey’s lawyer, Raymond Boucher, had filed a motion to dismiss the case.
After the hearing, he said: “Mr. Carrey loved Ms. White dearly and so obviously it will be a very painful process for him.”
White’s mother, Brigid Sweetman, claims the Canadian-born star provided the prescription drugs — Ambien, Propranolol and Percocet — that she overdosed on.
The “Dumb and Dumber” star denies all the allegations, with his lawyers describing them as “malicious” and “predatory.”
In court, Boucher argued that allegations under drugs legislation were likely to fall outside the statute of limitations and said the wrongful death claims were too vague.
Ahmed Ibrahim, representing the claimants, urged Judge Deirdre Hill not to delay proceedings any longer, saying Carrey’s lawyers will keep coming back for another “bite of the apple.”
He also argued to keep the lawsuits’ wording open ahead of the trial.
He added: “We are clearly not alleging that Jim Carrey was selling drugs out of the back of his pickup truck and was therefore not marketing or selling in the traditional sense of what that word would bring to mind.”
Sweetman also alleges Carrey gave her daughter, 33, three sexually transmitted diseases and pressured her to keep it quiet before her death in September 2015.
He alleges the prescription drugs Ambien, Propranolol and Percocet were found in pill bottles bearing the name Arthur King — a pseudonym for the actor — adding the coroner “determined that the drugs had been obtained by defendant Carrey under a bogus name.”
A coroner recorded her death as suicide.
The judge said she would send her final ruling on Carrey’s motion to strike to lawyers in due course but indicated she would side with the prosecution at least in part.
She set a date for the trial to begin on April 26.
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