Brad Pitt: Hurricane victims get millions in payment

Hollywood star Brad Pitt (58) has reached an out-of-court settlement with a total of 107 victims of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. His charity Make It Right Foundation has struck a deal with the plaintiffs for a total of $20.5 million. However, this deal still has to be approved by a judge. The sum is financed by the environmental organization “Global Green”, which had agreed to provide the money.

What happened? After the devastating damage caused by the hurricane, Pitt sold eco-friendly passive houses he had designed, which, however, could not cope with the weather and humidity in the US state of Louisiana due to massive construction defects. the 107 homeowners in the Lower Ninth Ward district will each receive a refund of US$ 25,000 for repairs already made. In a statement, Pitt said he was “incredibly grateful” that Global Green would take over the payment. They have already worked together directly after “Katrina” and can count themselves lucky that the organization is so generous.

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Only with their help can the challenges that have arisen in the houses be overcome. “Hopefully the agreement will help everyone move forward and further strengthen this proud community,” said Pitt. The homes were sold to hurricane victims for the discounted price of $150,000, with Brad Pitt available to face the campaign. “They trusted Brad Pitt. They believed in the dream he sold them. Unfortunately, all they got in return was a series of broken promises and now they live in rotten houses that should really be torn down and rebuilt!”

Pitt himself requested not to be a subject of the lawsuit shortly after the lawsuit was filed. Although he helped design the houses and was part of the advertising campaign, he had nothing to do with the actual day-to-day business. The Foundation did this on its own. It was only when the organization proved unable to repair the defective homes that Pitt took over again. Nevertheless, he explained that he could not be held legally responsible for the actual construction and the resulting defects.

Brad Pitt founded the organization in 2007

Pitt co-founded the Make It Right Foundation in 2007, two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated large parts of New Orleans. : “Brad has put a lot of time and millions of his own money into his heart project.” Nevertheless, the owners of the houses quickly ran into problems: leaky roofs and walls made of inferior wood caused massive mold growth and almost made the houses collapse. One house has already had to be demolished due to so-called fundamental damage.