Mariah Carey has filed a written declaration stressing that she stands by the accusations she made against her brother, Morgan, that he was a former cocaine dealer. The “Shake It Off” hitmaker made the remark in her memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey,” which was released in September 2020. The book touched on Carey’s difficult childhood before she’d go on to become one of the biggest superstars in the world, having attained accolades most artists could only dream of.
The early chapters of her book are far from glamorous though, as the mother of two recounted a few of her most traumatizing moments growing up in a volatile household which at one point had gotten so bad that Morgan allegedly ended up putting his hands on their mother Patricia. Morgan went on to file a lawsuit against his estranged sibling last year, contending that the statement about him being vicious and formerly selling cocaine was untrue and had supposedly hurt his “reputation.”
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“It took twelve cops to pull my brother and father apart,” an excerpt of Carey’s book reads. “The big bodies of men, all entangled like a swirling hurricane, crashed loudly into the living room. I was a little girl with very few memories of a big brother who protected me. More often, I felt I had to protect myself from him, and sometimes I would find myself protecting my mother from him too.” A written declaration, obtained by Radar Online, reveals that Carey is standing firmly by her accusation as she has declined to settle the lawsuit or pay her brother any amount in damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation.
Since the release of his sister’s memoir, Morgan vehemently denied any wrongdoing, nor does he recall a time he ever sold drugs or turned physical with their mother. He said he pondered why Carey would fabricate the events that actually took place.
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— Lambily Land (Mariah Carey Fan Page) (@lambilyland) August 26, 2022
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In one incident involving their mother Patricia, the Grammy winner penned, “Suddenly there was a loud, sharp noise, like an actual gunshot. My brother had pushed my mother with such force that her body slammed into the wall, making a loud cracking sound.”
Though Morgan has denied any truth to the parts that pertain to him and his character, Carey has issued several responses since he first spoke out about her brother’s denial, saying that everything she discusses in her book was “true and substantially true.” A judge had already dismissed the majority of the claims Morgan made in his lawsuit, but he was still allowed to go after his sister for her remark about him selling cocaine and putting his hands on their mother.