Spencer Pratt unites with Karen Bass' brother to sue the LA mayor over Palisades fire destruction

Pratt Backs Bass Brother’s Lawsuit Against Mayor Days After Conceding Race

LOS ANGELES — Spencer Pratt, the reality television personality who finished a distant third in the recent Los Angeles mayoral race, has thrown his support behind a lawsuit filed by the incumbent mayor’s own brother — a legal action that names the city, the state, and multiple utility agencies as defendants in the destruction wrought by the Palisades fire.

Pratt, 42, announced the alliance in a post on X Saturday, framing it as a unified front against mismanagement he says cost thousands their homes.

“I am proud to be teaming up with Karen Bass’ brother in suing his sister for her reckless negligence that led to the destruction of our homes,” Pratt wrote. “I hope their Thanksgiving dinner isn’t too awks. I know ours hasn’t been the same since last year.”

The “ours” refers to the home Pratt shared with his wife, Heidi Montag, in Pacific Palisades. It was among the more than 6,800 structures consumed when the fire tore through the coastal neighborhood in January 2024. The anniversary of the blaze coincided with Pratt’s short-lived mayoral campaign, which he launched as a referendum on the official response.

Kenneth Bass and his wife, Cindy, lost their Malibu residence in the same fire. Last month, they joined the existing Palisades Fire Litigation suit as plaintiffs, claiming physical injuries and emotional distress. The complaint, originally filed days after the flames were contained, names 18 defendants — among them the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the State of California, the California Department of Parks and Recreation, and Southern California Edison. Thousands of other property owners have signed on.

A spokesperson for Mayor Bass downplayed the development.

“There’s nothing new here — Mayor Bass has spoken of her brother’s loss publicly since January of 2025,” the representative said in a statement. “Thousands of people are plaintiffs in this action, which names 18 public and private sector defendants. The City Attorney’s Office is responsible for defending the City and DWP in this lawsuit.”

Pratt’s involvement in the litigation predates the Kenneth Bass filing. In January, he and Montag sued LADWP directly, alleging the utility made “the conscious decision to operate the water supply system with the reservoir drained and unusable as a ‘cost-saving’ measure” during the firestorm. That case remains active.

The endorsement arrives less than a week after Pratt conceded the mayoral race. He captured roughly 4% of the vote in the June primary, trailing Mayor Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman. In a concession video posted to Instagram, Pratt rejected the idea that his candidacy was a publicity stunt.

“I’m moving on to the next more interesting phase,” he said. “You think you can get rid of me that easily? I know a lot of dimwit jerks thought I was in this for a grift, that I was gonna roll up and leave town if I didn’t get into City Hall. Hey morons, I didn’t get in this for political power. I got in to expose this corrupt machine, and nothing has changed.”

During the campaign, Pratt had vowed to leave Los Angeles if he failed to qualify for the ballot — a threshold he ultimately met. In a recorded conversation with podcast host Adam Carolla last month, conducted on the scorched foundation of his former home, Pratt outlined a conditional future.

“I’m going to win the lawsuit against Gavin Newsom’s state park, and with that money, if I’m the mayor of Los Angeles, I will rebuild,” he said. “If Karen Bass gets re-elected or Nithya [Raman] gets elected, I will be done with trying to live in LA.”

He doubled down on the exit plan.

“I’ll take that money from the Newsom state park and the LADWP, and I’ll go somewhere that my kids will not have to see naked zombies, and I can have the last American dream somewhere,” Pratt said. “But I will not rebuild if these people are in charge, because what would I be putting money into?”

With the primary decided and the general election set for November, Pratt has pivoted from candidate to agitator. The lawsuits — his own and the one he now champions — represent the next phase of a campaign that never really ended. The courts, not the ballot box, will determine whether the machinery he railed against is held to account.