Jim Carrey hit with wrongful death lawsuit after suicide of on-off girlfriend Cathriona White

Jim Carrey was sued Monday in the death of on-and-off girlfriend Cathriona White, who committed suicide in September 2015.

The civil suit was brought by Mark Burton, who was married to White at the time of her death.

Carrey is accused in the civil lawsuit of obtaining controlled substances under a fake name, giving them to White and then after her suicide taking “steps to conceal and obfuscate his involvement and culpability in Ms. White’s death.”

“We will also be requesting that the Los Angeles DA's office launch an investigation into Jim Carrey's role in the death of Ms. White,” Burton’s attorney Michael Avenatti said Monday on Twitter.

Jim Carrey hit with wrongful death lawsuit after suicide of on-off girlfriend Cathriona White

A statement from Carrey would be forthcoming, his representative’s office said Monday afternoon.

White, a makeup artist, and Burton were married in January 2013 at a wedding chapel in Las Vegas, according to a marriage certificate obtained by several media outlets. He was her legal next of kin, the medical examiner’s office told Us Weekly just after she died.

White, 30, appeared to be separated from Burton while she was dating Carrey, 54, and had plans to file for divorce in December, a source in the medical examiner's office told the Hollywood Reporter, which said it confirmed that information with a second source.

Bottles of pills found near White’s body bore the name “Arthur King,” an alias used by Carrey for prescriptions, the lawsuit said in alleging a violation of the Drug Dealer Liability Act.

According to White’s autopsy report, obtained by People, she had propranolol, Ambien, oxycodone and oxymorphone in her system when she died. She also had a text on her phone from Carrey asking about missing drugs, the autospy report said.

White left a suicide note addressed to Carrey that read, in part, “I’ve spent 3 days now in disbelief that you’re not here. I can go on brokenhearted and try to put the pieces back. I could, I just don’t have the will this time … I’m sorry you felt I wasn’t there for you.”

The two had reportedly been dating for two or three years, and although White was initially described as Carrey’s “ex,” a Gossip Cop source said they were never broken up but merely taking a “breather” when she died.

Burton is seeking unspecified damages