Mariah Carey’s sister is taking her to court over stories the singer included in her bestselling 2020 memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey.” According to Page Six, Alison Carey has filed suit a $1.25 million lawsuit against her younger sibling on grounds Mariah caused Alison “immense emotional distress” with what she describes as the star’s “heartless, vicious, vindictive, despicable and totally unnecessary public humiliation of her profoundly damaged older sister.” In her book, Mariah writes that when she was 12 and Alison was 20, Alison drugged Mariah then sent her out on a dangerous car ride with an older boy who was carrying a gun.
The lawsuit, filed Monday, Feb. 1, also calls out Mariah for accusing Alison of having once burned her with boiling tea in the book. Alison says she “disputes” many of Mariah’s claims about her but was never given a chance to respond to them before the book went to press. She also accuses Mariah of having used the family’s painful past “to promote the sale of her book,” despite knowing Alison was already “damaged” psychologically by other abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of their mother. She says that she’s now battling alcohol abuse issues again after a long period sobriety. Alison, who is representing herself in the case, adds that she got no response to a settlement offer sent to Mariah’s lawyers last month. As of Monday, Mariah’s reps had not commented publicly on the lawsuit.