Morgan Carey sued his sister over claims in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, which he said falsely portrayed him as a violent drug dealer

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit from Mariah Carey’s brother, five years after he accused her of defaming him in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey.

In the memoir, Carey described Morgan as a “sometimes drug dealing, been-in-the-system, drunk-ass brother” and called him her “ex-brother”.

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© Photograph: Barry King/Alamy

© Photograph: Barry King/Alamy

Mariah Carey (Nueva York, 57 años) ha ganado la larga batalla legal contra su hermano mayor, Morgan Carey (66 años), después de que este demandase a la cantante en mayo de 2021 por difamarle en el libro de memorias que publicó en 2020, The Meaning of Mariah Carey. En un fallo emitido este lunes 19 de octubre y obtenido por Rolling Stone, la jueza Leslie A. Stroth de la Corte Suprema del Estado de Nueva York ha desestimado la demanda al considerar que Morgan no ha logrado demostrar que su hermana actuara con “malicia efectiva” al realizar las declaraciones que él denunció.

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Morgan Carey first filed his lawsuit in 2021 over his sister's bestselling memoir 'The Meaning of Mariah Carey.'

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