Suicide, Scientology, and Bart Simpson: Nancy Cartwright sued over failed construction project

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Bart Simpson Actress Sued Over Fiance's Debt

9/21/2010 5:40 PM PDT by TMZ Staff

Nancy Cartwright -- the voice of Bart Simpson -- is a defendant in a lawsuit involving her fiance's suicide, a failed construction project, and the Church of Scientology ... this according to documents obtained by TMZ.

http://www.tmz.com/2010/09/21/nancy-cartwright-bart-simpson-sued-fiance-church-of-scientology-insurance-company/



In the suit, the American Safety Casualty Insurance Company claims a construction company run by Stephen Brackett -- Nancy's fiance at the time -- was hired to fix up a restaurant in 2008. ASCIC issued an insurance policy to Brackett to cover the work ... and Nancy agreed to cover ASCIC's costs if anything went wrong.

ASCIC claims Brackett only did a portion of the work and "diverted contract funds" to the Church of Scientology, in which both he and Nancy were members. ASCIC says that when the project was halfway done, Brackett committed suicide and his company folded.

ASCIC claims it had to fork over roughly $260,000 to complete the project ... and that Nancy is refusing to cover the expenses, as promised.

ASCIC is suing her for the 260k plus a whole lot more.

[HuckleB]

1. What is it with "celebrities" or "Hollywood" or whatever and Scientology?

Obviously, I'm going purely by press reports, which are certainly meaningless, but why do so many "entertainers" get sucked in by Scientology?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. Because Los Angeles / Hollywood has the "Celebrity Centre"...

...and the C.O.S. does a full-court on celebrities' fragile egos and makes them feel like "celebrities."

[HuckleB]

3. True enough.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. So Nancy Cartwright insured the insurance company?

"ASCIC issued an insurance policy to Brackett to cover the work ... and Nancy agreed to cover ASCIC's costs if anything went wrong."

Umm, what's an insurance policy for, if it doesn't pay out "if anything went wrong"?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. It sounded like one of those "secured credit card" deals to me...

...pay the card balance up front and then go shopping, you know?