Hollywood liberal Ellen DeGeneres is facing a lawsuit that accuses her of “negligent conduct” leading to the plaintiff’s “serious personal injuries” in a 2023 car crash.
The plaintiff claims DeGeneres “t-boned” her after allegedly running through a four-way stop sign in Santa Barbara County, Fox News reported.
The woman who filed the complaint stated that she was driving her Tesla on October 16, 2023, on Evans Avenue, en route to the intersection with Ortega Hill Road, when the accident occurred.
She was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash, but says she was injured after DeGeneres ran into her car after making no attempt to stop.
“This intersection is controlled by stop signs in all directions,” the complaint said.
“Plaintiff stopped for her stop sign.”
The lawsuit notes that the plaintiff “made sure there were no other vehicles at the intersection and it was her way to proceed.”
Unfortunately, DeGeneres allegedly did not stop.
“As she was proceeding straight through the intersection, suddenly and without any warning, plaintiff’s vehicle was t-boned from the right by the vehicle driven by Ellen DeGeneres,” causing the plaintiff’s injuries.
“Ellen DeGeneres entered the intersection without stopping at the stop sign,” the complaint alleges.
An attorney for the plaintiff claimed the former talk show host’s “negligent conduct fell below the standard of care of a reasonable person in that defendants negligently caused, or contributed to causing plaintiff’s vehicle to be collided with by the defendants’ vehicle,” suggesting a disregard for the safety of others.
“Defendants and their conduct was a substantial factor in causing plaintiff’s multiple serious personal injuries and damages stemming therefrom,” the attorney further alleged.
The damages include “loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress, and anxiety,” as well as actual damages for medical expenses, hospital bills, lost wages, loss of future earnings, and other general damages.
While this is a legal threshold, it could also be seen as a reflection on DeGeneres’s overall character.
Although anyone can be accused of causing injuries in an auto accident, the circumstances fit with longstanding allegations about DeGeneres’s terrible behavior and her blatant disregard for the well-being of others.
After years on air playing the nice woman, it came to light in 2020 that DeGeneres was actually a tyrant on the set, targeting male employees for her ire when they spoke to her wife, Portia de Rossi.
Staffers said those who crossed DeGeneres would feel the “Ellen gaze” and thought of her as “a queen searching for her next execution.”
A former cameraman for the show said of DeGeneres that, “She was terrifying.”
At the time, DeGeneres attempted to save her reputation by making an on-air apology, but the damage had been done.
With her career and reputation in tatters, DeGeneres moved to the U.K. with de Rossi in 2024, citing President Donald Trump’s election to a second term as a reason to flee the U.S.
At the time, DeGeneres blamed her hasty exit on Trump’s election, though by then her career was over and her relevance greatly diminished.
The 67-year-old has presented her move as an opportunity that gave her a new lease on life.
Shortly after the move, DeGeneres made a schmaltzy post honoring de Rossi on Instagram.
On Dec. 1, 2024, DeGeneres wrote, “20 years ago today we began this relationship, not realizing what a long, beautiful adventure this would be.
“You are the best thing that ever happened in my life,” she said of de Rossi.
“You take care of me. You help me see the good in everything.
“You help to guide me and pick me up when I feel off or down.
“You are a beautiful soul that I am so very grateful to have as a partner to navigate this crazy life with.
“My wife. My best friend. The love of my life,” DeGeneres gushed.
“Thank you for being you and loving me.
“So happy we get to travel and explore the world together in the next 20 years, and looking forward to our first snowy Christmas.”
Nobody stateside has missed the pair.
DeGeneres has earned her terrible reputation through her own actions while running a talk show.
It will remain to be seen whether she will be held responsible for the car crash and the injuries it caused.
Still, the allegations are enough to add to the existing mountain of evidence that DeGeneres is indeed not a very nice person.
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