Cathriona White and Jim Carrey

Los Angeles: Jim Carrey has slammed the "defamatory" statements made against him by Cathriona White's husband Mark Burton. Burton is suing the 54-year-old star for the wrongful death of the make-up artist, who took her own life in September 2015 - after he claimed Carrey gave White three sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) and ended their relationship when she confronted him about it, reproted People magazine.