The Canada Brief

Culture · 14 d ago

Mariah Carey

Court dismisses $20 million defamation suit against Mariah Carey over her memoir

Her brother, Morgan Carey, sued in May 2021, saying her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey damaged his reputation.

The legal test he failed to meet

actual malice

Justice Leslie A. Stroth of the New York State Supreme Court ruled Monday that he had not shown the singer acted with actual malice.

Mariah Carey's lawyer

Gratified

Her brother's lawyer

Will appeal

Her lawyer, John Rosenberg, said she was gratified by the ruling, while her brother's lawyer, Richard Altman, said they intend to appeal.