A DJ who is suing a building owner for £100k after being hit by falling bricks is accused of lying after she claimed she was unable to work despite travelling the world to perform
An international DJ has been accused of lying after suing a building owner for £100,000 after claiming she could not work after being hit by falling bricks — and then travelling the world to perform at festivals.
Chloe Caillet, 33, claimed she could not DJ for six months after being injured by a falling brick cornice outside the Kipferl Café in North Kensington, London, in June 2018 while she was using her phone.
The electronic music producer and DJ has claimed her injuries stalled her career and is suing building company O’Hare Holdings Ltd for £99,851, which includes £62,000 for alleged loss of income.
But defence lawyers for the property company have accused her of ‘fundamental dishonesty’, after her social media showed her at performances across several continents during the six months she claimed she was unable to work.
She attended the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, a Burberry fashion event in October, and a New York magazine launch in September, Mayor’s and City County Court in London was told. The court heard that the Paris-born performers travels were “documented by paparazzi and media gossip columns”.
Despite this, Caillet insists she simply ‘misunderstood’ the legal documents she filled out. She said she believed she was being asked about her ability to DJ in the same way as before the accident, not whether she could work at all.
The building owner’s lawyers are urging county court judge Recorder King to dismiss her claim and order her to cover the legal costs, arguing that her alleged ‘dishonesty’ over the accident’s impact is key to the case, the Mail reports.
The multi-instrumentalist performer, who was living in Kensal Rise, North London at the time of the accident, has played at some of the most renowned clubs in the world, as well as sound tracking catwalk shows and releasing her own music.
Caillet says she suffered soft-tissue damage to her left shoulder and knee, along with back injuries, bruising and abrasions to her legs, feet and hands, as well as a range of psychological after-effects.
She claims she has been left with dizziness, disturbed sleep and nightmares, anxiety and memory problems, and stated in pre-trial documents that she was unable to work for six months.
Barrister Philip Grundy said she had been “fortunate” that she was looking down at her phone when the brick cornice fell and that she had avoided being hit squarely on the head.
Although O’Hare’s lawyers admitted responsibility for the incident, their barrister Nick Grimshaw argued her presence at events all over the world amounted to “fundamental dishonesty”, telling the court: “The claimant returned to work as a DJ very soon after the accident and performed internationally at numerous high-profile venues throughout the six months for which loss of earnings are claimed.”
Giving evidence herself, Caillet claimed there had been a “misunderstanding” regarding what she was being asked which stemmed from the use of the word “perform,” which she took to mean as part of a ‘front-facing’ DJ set, rather than a promotional appearance at a fashion event.
Court documents reveal her appearance at Burning Man was unpaid and only happened because she already had a ticket. Her barrister Mr Grundy said Caillet “did not lie” and had suffered loss because she had not been able to work in those six months after the accident in the same way she did before.
He said she accepts her answers in the document were “factually untrue” but that it was not “deliberate or dishonest.” She also insists that, although she earned money in those six months, she would have earned more if not for the accident. The trial continues.
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