Ellen DeGeneres is being sued for negligence.
The 67-year-old former talk show host has been accused by an unnamed woman of causing a car accident when she ignored a stop sign while driving in Santa Barbara County on October 16, 2023, and “t-boned” the plaintiff’s car.
Documents obtained by People Magazine noted the “intersection [where the incident occurred] is controlled by stop signs in all directions.”
The woman claimed she stopped for her sign and “made sure there were no other vehicles” present before proceeding forward but “suddenly and without any warning”, DeGeneres crashed into her car, causing “multiple serious personal injuries and damages” to the other driver.
The lawsuit stated, “Ellen DeGeneres entered the intersection without stopping at the stop sign.”
The “Finding Dory” star is accused of displaying “negligent conduct [that] fell below the standard of care of a reasonable person, and having “negligently caused, or contributed to causing plaintiff’s vehicle to be collided with by the defendants’ vehicle.”
The woman is suing for general negligence and an undisclosed amount in compensatory damages and alleged she has suffered costs including wage loss and accrued hospital and medical expenses, as well as “loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and anxiety.”
DeGeneres has since left California for a new life in England with wife Portia Di Rossi, and she recently claimed “everything” is “just better” in the UK.
The TV star admitted that she was relishing her new lifestyle since making the move to England.
She told broadcaster Richard Bacon, “It’s absolutely beautiful. We’re just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The villages and the towns and the architecture – everything you see is charming and it’s just a simpler way of life.
“It’s clean,” she added. “Everything here is just better – the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.”
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