Brad Pitt’s Week Gets Even Worse: The Star Reaches $20M Settlement With Katrina Victims As New Details About Angelina Jolie’s Assault Claims Come Out

After new details about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie‘s divorce emerged, the Bullet Train star has found himself entagled in more legal drama this week. The Fight Club alum, 58, is attempting to fix a complicated situation— US Weekly reports that the actor is being accused of building faulty homes for victims, survivors and families in need of houses after the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina.

As many may recall, the Oscar winner and his Make It Right Foundation were sued in 2018 over homes they constructed in New Orleans shortly after the tragic 2005 storm. Now, Pitt has officially reached a $20.5 million settlement, nearly four years later. To rectify this, he is partnering with Global Green.

In a statement made to US Weekly on August 18th, Pitt wrote, “I am incredibly grateful for Global Green’s willingness to step up and provide this important support for the Lower Ninth families.” He continued, “We collaborated in the early days post-Katrina and we are very fortunate to have Global Green’s generous continuing commitment to help address the challenges around these homes and others in need.”

An insider source reportedly told the publication that Pitt originally started working on the project “with the best intentions” helping to raise millions of dollars to build the homes, and they sold for approximately $150,000 each. However, after Pitt gave various day-to-day responsibilities to his foundation, they appeared to deliver less-than-quality living spaces.

Residents of these houses then sued the World War Z star and his associates, US Weekly writes, for “defective design and building practices, breach of contract and fraud, claiming that the homes were poorly built and plagued by a host of issues, including mold and structural damage.”