A lawyer has alleged that Brad Pitt ‘sold’ victims of Hurricane Katrina ‘broken promises’ after his Make It Right foundation is said to have built them poorly made homes, not fit for New Orleans’ tropical climate.
, filing to have his name removed from the lawsuit by claiming he was not responsible for the building work.
In September 2018, Make It Right filed a lawsuit against the New Orleans architect they hired to fulfil the plans and blueprints of their designers.Pitt speaks in 2007 at the chosen site for the Make It Right houses at the time, Make It Right said it had ‘filed a lawsuit against its former executive architect, John Williams, and his firm for monetary damages to remediate and repair affected homes in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, arising from his engagement with the Foundation.
It continued: ‘Make It Right continues to work proactively with homeowners in the Lower Ninth] Ward and we will make no further comment on the case at this time.’ Pitt has also previously acknowledged that he and Make It Right had no idea how difficult their project would be.in August 2015, ten years on from Hurricane Katrina. ‘Just thinking we can build homes – how hard is that? – and not understanding forgivable loan structures and family financial counseling and getting the rights to lots and HUD grants and so on and so forth. So it’s been a big learning curve.
A statement given to NewsNation by Pitt’s publicist read: ‘Brad was involved at the beginning to help the people of the Lower Ninth Ward, and obviously it is upsetting to see what happened after he had stepped back from the project and others took over.
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