DJ suing for injury 'lying that she could not perform' after posts showed her playing at Burning Man
03.03.2023 - 16:55
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festival shortly afterwards. Chloe Caillet is claiming a £100,000 payout after falling bricks hit her outside the Kipferl Cafe in Islington, north London, during a night out in June 2018. The Paris-born performer is claiming £50,000 for loss of earnings, in addition to £50,000 for the accident's after effects with injuries, 'dizziness, sleep disturbance and bad dreams' meaning she had to take six months off to recover.
But defence lawyers say that Ms Caillet performed at events across the world during this period, including America's famous Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. Now facing accusations of 'fundamental dishonesty', a judge is being asked to completely dismiss the 30-year-old's claim and make her pay the legal bills for the case. Ms Caillet, who is also a producer and multi-instrumentalist, has played at some of the most renowned clubs in the world.
Although she has enjoyed a jet-set life, based in New York and Ibiza at various times, Ms Caillet was living in Kensal Rise, north-west London, when the accident occurred. According to a writ filed by her lawyers at Central London County Court, she was injured 'without warning' when 'a section of brick cornice on the front of the building fell and landed on the claimant'. It is claimed that Ms Caillet received injuries to her left shoulder, knee and back, bruising and abrasions to her legs, feet and hands, and a number of psychiatric after-effects.
She also claims to have been suffering from dizziness, sleep disturbance and bad dreams, anxiety and memory impairment. 'I wasn't able to work for six months following the accident,' she said, in relation to her £50,000 claim for lost earnings. 'I could not carry out any performances.