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Morgan Carey is seeking unspecified damages in
a complaint filed in a New York state court in Manhattan,
including over book passages that he said falsely suggested he
was violent.
The lawsuit was filed one month after Mariah Carey's older
sister Alison sued her for $1.25 million for alleged emotional
distress over the memoir, which was published in September and
topped The New York Times' nonfiction best-seller list in
October.
Spokespeople for the singer did not immediately respond to
requests for comment. Her brother's lawyer declined additional
comment.
Mariah Carey, 51, is known for songs including "Vision of Love,"
"One Sweet Day" and "All I Want for Christmas Is You." Her
memoir described a dysfunctional poverty-stricken childhood, and
her early career struggles.
Morgan Carey, born in 1960, said Mariah Carey damaged his
reputation by writing about an alleged "vicious fight" with his
father that occurred when she was a little girl, and where "it
took twelve cops to pull my brother and father apart."
He said actual fights with his father never occurred during
Mariah Carey's childhood, and the alleged incident's being
"fictional" was shown by the likelihood only one or two police
officers would have responded to a domestic violence report.
Morgan Carey also sued over passages that he said implied he
tried to extort money from Mariah Carey, is associated with
"sketchy" and "questionable" people in the music industry, and
has "'been-in-the-system' (i.e., a criminal)."
Other defendants include the book's co-author, its publisher
Macmillan, and the imprint Andy Cohen Books, named for the TV
producer and host of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live with Andy
Cohen." None of their representatives immediately responded to
requests for comment.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Additoinal reporting
by Jill Serjeant in Los Angeles; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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