Shannen Doherty is suing her management company for not paying for her health insurance.
Beverly Hills, 90210 star Shannen Doherty is rocking Hollywood with a major lawsuit. The actress says in court documents that in March, she discovered she had invasive breast cancer and that it had spread during a time when she was uninsured.
Shannen Doherty is currently suing the business management firm of Tanner Mainstain, saying it was their job to ensure timely payment of the medical insurance premiums she had through the Screen Actors Guild.
After Shannen Doherty was fired by Tanner Mainstain, her management firm, she was uninsured which Doherty says she didn’t realize until she re-enrolled with SAG insurance for 2015, and began seeing doctors. That is when she was given the cancer diagnosis.
“In November 2013, SAG sent the premium invoice to Tanner Mainstain for Plaintiff’s medical insurance coverage for the year 2014,” states the complaint obtained by The Hollywood Reporter (read here). “However, Defendants ignored it, failed to pay it (without informing Plaintiff) and then promptly terminated their relationship with [Doherty] effective February 7, 2014.”
From the complaint, “Plaintiff was also informed that, had she been insured and able to visit her doctor, the cancer could potentially have been stopped, thus obviating the need for the future treatment (including mastectomy and chemotherapy) that Plaintiff will likely have to suffer through now.”
Shannen Doherty is known for her roles as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 , and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
