Left: Angie Harmon at Variety’s 2022 Power Of Women: New York Event presented by Lifetime at The Glasshouse on May 05, 2022 in New York City. (NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx 2022 5/5/22). Right: Angie Harmon Instagram photo of her dog Oliver, aka “Ollie.”
Actress and former model Angie Harmon, known for her role on “Law & Order” and other television programs, has sued food delivery company Instacart as well as one of its drivers who she says posed as an “older woman” before showing up to her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, pulling a gun from his pants and shooting her dog.
The dog, Oliver, died at a veterinary hospital after the Harmon family rushed him there in late March. According to the civil complaint filed against Instacart and delivery driver Christopher Anthoney Reid in Mecklenburg County, Harmon claims trespass, invasion of privacy, infliction of emotional distress and negligence.
Harmon argues at no time was Reid injured by the dog and further, he had “ample opportunity to leave” unharmed or without coming onto her property.
Her attorneys note in the complaint that her daughters were in the backyard of her North Carolina home when she “heard what sounded like a gun shoot.” Harmon was in another part of the home filling squirrel feeders at the time, according to the complaint. She then ran to the backyard where she found her daughters “in distress.”
She “immediately noticed that Defendant Reid was placing a gun in the front of his pants, potentially in his pant pocket,” the lawsuit notes.
“Looking to the side, she saw that her beloved dog, Oliver was shot although Oliver was still alive,” Harmon’s attorneys wrote.
Harmon alleges that Reid posed as an older woman on the Instacart app by using a profile photo of an elderly woman and using the name “Merle.”
“On the afternoon of March 30, 2024, instead of Merle, Defendant Reid entered Plaintiff’s property to deliver Ms. Harmon’s groceries. Defendant Reid was impersonating Merle on the Instacart app. Ms. Harmon had no idea she had been communicating with Defendant Reid, a tall and intimidating younger man,” the complaint states.
Attorneys for both parties did not immediately return a request for comment on Wednesday.
Instacart told NBC affiliate WCNC: “Our hearts continue to be with Ms. Harmon and her family following this disturbing incident. While we cannot comment on pending litigation, we have no tolerance for violence of any kind, and the shopper account has been permanently deactivated from our platform.”
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