SHANNEN Doherty has been accused by State Farm of attempting to “garner sympathy” by contending that the insurance company should rebuild her home because she has been diagnosed with terminal stage four cancer.
The Charmed actress is in the middle of a bitter court battle with the insurance company over claims that she is demanding a $2.7 million rebuild of her California home after the 2018 Woolsey Fires.
However, State Farm insists that the actress has “improperly” claimed that she is entitled to the rebuild simply because “she has breast cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)“.
The court documents, seen by The Sun, go on to read: “In fact, the first sentence of plaintiff’s memorandum in support of her ex parte application for reconsideration reveals plaintiff’s plan at trial to garner sympathy by her contention that State Farm must rebuild her entire house because she has breast cancer and COPD.”
State Farm alleges that they have already paid out $1 million on remediation, professional cleaning and rent for a temporary house for a year, as the work is carried out.
But it insists that the home has not suffered fire damage or structural damage, and is therefore in no need of a rebuild.
The 48-year-old actress, who found fame on teen show 90210 in the 90s, gave a candid interview about her condition on Good Morning America on Tuesday.
She broke down in tears as she admitted it was a “bitter pill to swallow” after being in remission for a number of years.
“It’s going to come out in a matter of days or a week that — I’m stage four,” she said in the emotional interview.
“So my cancer came back. And that’s why I’m here … I don’t think I’ve processed it.”
She continued: “I definitely have days where I say why me. And then I go, well, why not me? Who else? Who else besides me deserves this? None of us do.
“But I would say that my first reaction is always concern about how — how am I going to tell my mom, my husband.”
