Judge rules defamation case against Mariah Carey can move forward

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Mariah Carey may soon have to take the witness stand and testify against her brother, Morgan Carey, who claims that his famous sister defamed him in her best-selling memoir.  He first filed his case in March 2021, claiming his sister was spreading “malicious falsehoods” that caused “serious damage to his reputation.”

According to court documents obtained by ABC News, Justice Barbara Jaffe of New York ruled that Mariah could be sued for defamation over two passages in The Meaning of Mariah Carey.  The Grammy winner had stated that Morgan, who is 10 years her senior, had a criminal past and sold narcotics.  

“Although Carey maintains that the