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The nonprofit that bailed out Brad Pitt's foundation for more than $20million to help Hurricane Katrina victims repair the poorly built homes the actor backed still hasn't paid up.
The 59-year-old actor's organization Make It Right poorly built more than 100 homes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina that are now in desperate need or repairs after the structures were determined to be defective and moldy.
Global Green, who previously worked with Pitt, agreed to pay $20.5million in an August 2022 settlement with the Bullet Train actor's foundation. However, CEO Bill Bridges claimed the nonprofit was told it would not have to follow the tight 10-day deadline.
When Global Green was unable to come up with funds, it attempted to back out of the agreement, blaming Pitt's ex-wife Angelina Jolie's abuse lawsuit against him as reason why it was unable to raise funds. However, the company was unsuccessful and has been ordered to pay back $10million in two months and the other $10.5million will be re-evaluated.
Global Green also faces a contempt hearing on October 2 after the judge lost confidence in the organization's intervention, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Brad Pitt's organization Make It Right poorly built more than 100 homes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina that are now in desperate need or repairs after the structures were determined to be defective and moldy
In August 2022, Global Green agreed to pay the $20.5million settlement with Pitt's organization to bail them out, despite not having the money. Global Green CEO Bill Bridges (pictured) said the organization was told it would not have to follow the tight 10-day deadline of forking over the money and accused the actor's messy past as to why it struggled to raise funds
Pitt's Make It Right Foundation has left victims in a 'long nightmare' as their homes waste away and are in desperate need of repairs.
'My mother, she’s never seen the end of the tunnel from Katrina,' Albert Matthews told the Hollywood Reporter. 'It’s been very stressful for all of us.'
Matthews' mother Marion Bryan, who is 91, has been patiently waiting for her new home since 2008, when she put the initial deposit down. Although the foundation built her a home, and then a second one, and then a third - all of which were deemed to have serious problems - she is still waiting on them to repair her third property, which was built in 2014.
In the meantime, she has been living with her son - a lucky disposition, as many other victims have been forced to live in substandard conditions while they wait for the repairs.
In 2018, Make It Right faced a class-action lawsuit after 109 homes were determined to have been built poorly, were rotting and molding, and suffered from structural damage.
In August 2022, Global Green announced it would pay the $20.5million, which Pitt celebrate, telling TMZ at the time: 'Hopefully this agreement will allow everyone to look ahead to other opportunities to continue to strengthen this proud community in the future.'
However, shortly after the announcement, Global Green attempted to back out of the agreement as it did not have the money to pay that amount
