Mariah Carey's brother follows sister in suing over memoir

Morgan Carey says passages in The Meaning of Mariah Carey that characterise him as violent are false and defamatory'

Mariah Carey's brother Morgan Carey has filed a lawsuit against her in New York's supreme court, alleging defamation and the intentional infliction of emotional distress" arising from her memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey.

The action calls for the payment of unspecified damages, and seeks a judicial determination that many of the passages in [the memoir] ... are false and defamatory". It claims the book caused Morgan serious damage to his reputation and to his personal and business affairs" and extreme mental anguish", and that it negatively affected negotiations for a feature film he was developing.