Brad Pitt let his 105-year-old neighbor live in his $40 million mansion

It’s no secret: Brad Pitt is one of the most supportive and selfless stars in Hollywood. The actor in films such as Troy or Fight Club has regularly collaborated with solidarity and humanitarian projects around the world. In fact, he created his own foundation, called Makeitright, one of the most involved in Hurricane Katrina, the storm that left more than 200,000 people homeless in New Orleans in 2005. Now, as People reveals, he has been able to learn that the actor has struck a deal with a 105-year-old neighbor to let him live in his $40 million mansion, at no cost.

In the last few hours, the last altruistic gesture of the interpreter of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has come to light. This was revealed by the actress Cassandra Peterson, who wanted to tell the aforementioned magazine all the details of a long-hidden agreement. According to the interpreter, Pitt bought his exclusive home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1994 for nearly two million dollars.

In this house, Brad Pitt educated his six children, who had the fruit of his marriage to the famous actress Angelina Jolie, with whom he was married until 2016. But that acquisition was not the only investment of Bullet Train actor. Brad has purchased several properties near his home in the years following the purchase of his home. “I think there were about 22 adjoining houses on the edge of the property. Whenever I could, I bought one,” the interpreter of Elvira, Queen of Darkness tells People.

As the actress has now revealed, one of those properties belonged to a 90-year-old man, who sadly had lost his wife. The interpreter, dismayed by his story, bought the house and made an agreement with the old man, who allowed him to remain settled in his home until his death, at no cost. “I know Brad let him live there without paying anything until he died,” says the interpreter.

The truth is that Pitt could never have imagined that his tenant would live to be 105, that is, another fifteen years. “It was kind of funny because John lived to be 105. I was thinking when I told him he could live there until he died, he thought it could be anytime,” jokes Peterson now, who found out he new this very humanitarian face of the actor. The actor sold the house for $40 million after his neighbor died.

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The reality is that Pitt is one of the celebrities who has undertaken multiple charity projects. As well as his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, with whom he shared a project to protect the flora and fauna of Cambodia. Pitt has also participated in benefit concerts such as Rock4EB! in Malibu, California to raise money for the Epidermolysis Bullosa Foundation.

In addition, he built a complex of sustainable houses in New Orleans after Katrina – although they have not been without controversy -. This isn’t the only project Sai actor Joe Black? he has contributed to the city, as with the collaboration of the Global Green USA organization, he has worked on the construction of five single-family houses and an 18-apartment complex. Pitt is undoubtedly one of the most committed celebrities for solidarity and the environment.

Source: The Vanguard