Woman Claims To Have Paid Brad Pitt $40,000 For Appearances; His Lawyers Claim She Was Catfished

Will the real Brad Pitt please stand up? At least, that’s what his lawyers are asking after a woman filed a lawsuit against the actor claiming that she paid him $40,000 for appearances that he did not fulfill. His team, however, says that the woman was conned by a Pitt impersonator. 

The perplexing ordeal began when a Texas woman by the name of Kelli Christina was allegedly contacted by Pitt in regards to helping him raise money for his Make It Right Foundation, which has been assisting Hurricane Katrina victims rebuild their homes since the storm hit in August 2005. Christina claims that the “Fight Club” star failed to show up to several charity events that she “organized, promoted, marketed and funded” to raise money for his organization. She allegedly paid him $40,000 in appearance fees over a period of two years. According to court documents, Christina says that she was given last minute excuses as to why he could not make it to the functions by his supposed representatives.

“[The Plaintiff] provided valuable services to Defendants beginning in 2018 by organizing and marketing fund-raising events and paid Defendants in advance to secure Brad Pitt’s appearance at the scheduled events pursuant to the Agreement,” her complaint reads before adding “Each and every time Brad Pitt was scheduled to make an appearance, he failed to show despite having received payment for his appearance and travel expenses.”

Attorney’s for the 56-year-old Oscar winner have submitted a motion to dismiss the case, claiming the woman had never paid Pitt. Instead, she paid people claiming to be the actor on the internet. 

“Although it is unfortunate that Plaintiff may have been the subject of an internet scam, Mr. Pitt could not have ‘reasonably anticipate[d] being haled into court’ in Texas based on an alleged ‘agreement’ that he was not a party to and of which he was not even aware prior to Plaintiff sending a demand letter to his attorney,” the filed motion reads. “Moreover, by Plaintiff’s own admissions, the communications she now alleges to have had with Mr. Pitt, which led to the alleged agreement that forms the basis of her claims, were actually between Plaintiff and one or more individuals posing as, in Plaintiff’s words, ‘fake Brad Pitts.’”

Christina is seeking $100,000 in damages.