Mariah Carey has emerged victorious in a defamation lawsuit brought against her by her brother, Morgan Carey, over allegations contained in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey.
Morgan filed the lawsuit after claiming that sections of the book falsely portrayed him as violent during their childhood and suggested he had been involved in selling cocaine.
However, a judge dismissed the case after determining that Morgan had failed to establish actual malice, a key legal requirement for his defamation claim. The court also found that he had not provided sufficient evidence to show that Mariah knowingly published false statements about him.
Mariah’s attorney, John Rosenberg, welcomed the ruling, saying the singer was pleased that the court recognised the public interest in the matters discussed in her memoir and dismissed the claims in their entirety. Despite the setback, Morgan’s legal representative has indicated plans to appeal the decision.