Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag sue the city of Los Angeles after the wildfires

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.
(Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for WE TV)Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag They sued the city of Los Angeles and its Department of Water and Power (LADWP) after their home was destroyed in the Palisades wildfires.
Spencer, 41, and Heidi, 38, were among nearly two dozen plaintiffs – who also included Spencer’s mother. Janet Pratt – In the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, January 21, per Rolling Stone.
Rolling Stone Reported on Thursday, January 23, the plaintiffs allege in the lawsuit that the City of Los Angeles and its Water Department mismanaged its water supply, leading to an “unavoidable and unavoidable outcome.”
“LADWP and the City of Los Angeles had a duty to properly construct, inspect, maintain and operate the water supply system,” the lawsuit states, according to Rolling Stone. “The Palisades Fire was an inevitable and unavoidable consequence of the water supply system operated by LADWP and the City of Los Angeles as planned and constructed. The system necessarily failed, and this failure was a material factor in causing Plaintiffs to suffer the losses alleged in this complaint.”
According to the outlet, the lawsuit claimed that the city’s water department “made a conscious decision to run the water supply system with the tank drained and not use it as a ‘cost-saving’ measure.”
The Santa Ynez Reservoir — which the suit claims has been awaiting repairs and “out of service since February 2024” — is referenced in the suit.
“With the Santa Ynez Reservoir effectively out of service, taps at Pacific Palisades malfunctioned after three tanks each containing 1 million gallons of water ran dry within 12 hours,” the lawsuit said. the people.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.
(Photo by Getty)Spencer’s sister Stephanie Pratt It was revealed via an Instagram post on January 7 Hills husband They lost their homes to the fire.
In a social media post, Stephanie, 38, shared that she felt devastated for her family.
“Honestly I’m looking for advice. I’m frozen in shock. How terrible it must be for my young nephews to see their house disappearing like this. They must be so scared and confused,” she commented. A picture of a fire. (Spencer married him Hills Costar in November 2008 and they have two sons, Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months.)
Stephanie also followed an Instagram Story to expand on the news.
“I’m so sad for my brother Heidi and the kids,” she wrote alongside a photo of Spencer watching the fire. “I just spoke to my father – he tried to save my brother’s house but the winds were so strong there was nothing he could do.”
In addition to Spencer and Montag House burningSpencer’s parents, who lived nearby, also lost their home.