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Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.
(Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for WE tv)Spencer Pratt And Heidi Montag has filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles and its Department of Water and Power (LADWP) following the destruction of their home during the Palisades wildfires.
Spencer, 41, and Heidi, 38, were among nearly two dozen plaintiffs — including Spencer’s mother Janet Pratt – in the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, January 21, per Rolling stone.
Rolling stone reported on Thursday, January 23 that the plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege that the city of LA and its water department mismanaged the water supply, leading to “an inescapable and unavoidable consequence.”
“LADWP and the City of Los Angeles had a duty to properly construct, inspect, maintain and operate their water supply system,” the complaint said. Rolling stone. “The Palisades Fire was an inescapable and unavoidable consequence of the water supply system operated by LADWP and the City of Los Angeles as it was planned and constructed. The system necessarily failed, and this failure was a substantial factor in causing plaintiffs to suffer the losses alleged in this complaint.”
According to the newspaper, the lawsuit alleged that the city’s water department “made the conscious decision to operate the water supply system while the reservoir was empty and unusable as a ‘cost-saving’ measure.”
The lawsuit references the Santa Ynez Reservoir — which the lawsuit claims is awaiting repairs and has been “out of service since February 2024.”
“With the Santa Ynez Reservoir effectively out of service, the fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades failed after three tanks containing one million gallons of water each went dry within a twelve-hour period,” the lawsuit said. People.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.
(Photo by Getty)Spencer’s sister Stephanie Pratt revealed this via an Instagram post on January 7 The hills couple had lost their home due to the fire.
In the social media post, Stephanie, 38, shared that she was devastated for her family.
“Honestly looking for advice. I’m frozen in shock. How terrible for my dear nephews to see their house disappear like this. They must be so scared and confused,” she wrote with a photo of the fire. (Spencer married his Hills costar in November 2008 and the couple share two sons, Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months.)
Stephanie also followed up with an Instagram Story to explain the news.
“I am beyond heartbroken for my brother, Heidi and the kids,” she wrote alongside a photo of Spencer looking at the fire. “I just spoke to my father. He tried to save my brother’s house, but the wind is so strong he couldn’t do anything.”
In addition to Spencer and Montag’s house burning down, Spencer’s parents, who lived nearby, also lost their home.