“This, of course, came after Ms. Doherty had nearly been evicted from her first rental property, had to endure over a month of sleeping on her mother’s couch, and now had to find another short term rental of indeterminate length,” the papers state.

It wasn’t until the former “Beverly Hills, 90210” star filed the lawsuit against the company that it began covering the costs through December 2019, the documents state.

In a statement to Fox News on Thursday following Doherty’s filing, State Farm said: “The plaintiff’s attorneys continue to distort the facts. Once presented with all of the facts, we trust the jury will agree we have paid what we owe on this smoke damage claim. We look forward to making our case in court.”

Wednesday’s court filing comes nearly one week after State Farm argued Doherty was using her recent cancer diagnosis to garner “sympathy” at an upcoming trial scheduled to begin in March.

Doherty’s attorney, Devin McRae, told Fox News the insurance company’s sympathy argument is “quite appalling.”

“It’s in line with the continuing contempt, hostility and lack of respect it’s had for Ms. Doherty since the beginning of this claim,” McRae said last week.

In a declaration filed by Doherty last week, the actress said she was under “enormous emotional distress” between the lawsuit and her cancer diagnosis. She also blasted State Farm for what she called peddling lies in the lawsuit, including the claim that she smoked cigarettes up until March 2019.
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