{"id":324542,"date":"2026-04-25T23:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=324542"},"modified":"2026-04-25T23:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:49:33","slug":"mariah-carey-slams-deposition-claims-in-brothers-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/mariah-carey-slams-deposition-claims-in-brothers-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey Slams Deposition Claims In Brother\u2019s Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mariah Carey<\/strong> just isn&#8217;t allowing recent allegations regarding her estranged brother\u2019s ongoing lawsuit against her to go unanswered. <\/p>\n<p>The superstar recently fired back at claims that she is deliberately dodging a deposition within the case, citing recent court documents, because the bitter legal battle between the siblings continues.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large is-resized caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MEGA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"h-mariah-carey-slams-claims-she-avoiding-deposition-in-brother-s-multimillion-lawsuit-against-her\">In keeping with court documents obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/24\/mariah-carey-laughs-off-estranged-brothers-claims-in-court\/\">TMZ<\/a>, Mariah Carey\u2019s legal team has denied her brother Morgan Carey\u2019s allegations that his sister deliberately missed multiple discovery deadlines for her to be deposed and for turning over requested documents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Per the documents, Mariah calls her brother\u2019s latest motion a \u201cmisguided try to gain perceived tactical leverage on this motion by threatening\u201d her with deposition.<\/p>\n<p>She also called out his \u201crepeated filing of meritless motions\u201d as one reason the case has endured for thus long. Mariah\u2019s attorney responded to the claims, writing, \u201cMs. Carey has never refused to seem for a deposition, nor has the court ever specifically ordered her to seem.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That is the newest development within the case that dates back years. In 2021, Morgan Carey filed a $10 million lawsuit against his sister following the discharge of her memoir \u201cThe Meaning of Mariah Carey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He alleges that she portrayed him as abusive and a drug dealer, and consequently, she damaged his fame and work opportunities.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-mariah-carey-slams-claims-she-avoiding-deposition-in-brother-s-multimillion-lawsuit-against-her\">Mariah has maintained that the small print she included in her memoir were true.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-morgan-carey-introduced-new-evidence-against-mariah-in-march-2025\"><strong>Morgan Carey Introduced Recent Evidence Against Mariah In March 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"988\" src=\"https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=988,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-3-768x988.jpg\" alt=\"Mariah Carey at Variety's Power of Women: Los Angeles\" class=\"wp-image-668933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1592,height=2048,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-3-1592x2048.jpg 1592w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1194,height=1536,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-3-1194x1536.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=796,height=1024,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-3-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=988,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-3-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=233,height=300,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-3-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-3-scaled.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MEGA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"h-morgan-carey-introduced-new-evidence-against-mariah-in-march-2025\">As previously reported by The Blast, Morgan Carey moved to amend his lawsuit to incorporate additional claims of \u201cdefamatory\u201d statements in his case against his sister.<\/p>\n<p>On the time, Morgan claimed he uncovered \u201cfalse, disparaging, and defamatory\u201d remarks she made about him, a few of which he found on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>He also argued that neither Mariah nor her team ever contacted him for a response before publishing the memoir.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Morgan said that he was never given a likelihood to dispute the allegations before they were made public within the book.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the allegations of his violent past and drug use, Morgan also denies a bit of the book where Mariah alleges that in 1980, Morgan accepted money from a lady to kill her husband but backed out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-morgan-carey-introduced-new-evidence-against-mariah-in-march-2025\">The lady later committed the murder herself, and Morgan testified at her trial, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/posts\/mariah-careys-brother-denies-claim-he-tried-to-institutionalize-her\/\">In Touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mariah-carey-s-sister-also-took-legal-action-against-her-prior-to-her-death\"><strong>Mariah Carey\u2019s Sister Also Took Legal Motion Against Her Prior To Her Death<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=512,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mariah-Carey-Older-Sister-Alison-Carey-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Singer Mariah Carey's older sister, Alison Carey who passed away over the weekend\" class=\"wp-image-623169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=2048,height=1366,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mariah-Carey-Older-Sister-Alison-Carey-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1536,height=1024,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mariah-Carey-Older-Sister-Alison-Carey-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=683,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mariah-Carey-Older-Sister-Alison-Carey-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=512,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mariah-Carey-Older-Sister-Alison-Carey-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=200,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mariah-Carey-Older-Sister-Alison-Carey-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mariah-Carey-Older-Sister-Alison-Carey-scaled.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Chapple \/ JohnChapple.com \/ MEGA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"h-mariah-carey-s-sister-also-took-legal-action-against-her-prior-to-her-death\">Before her 2024 death, Alison Carey filed a lawsuit against her superstar sister, demanding $1.25 million in damages, with allegations of public humiliation.<\/p>\n<p>Within the lawsuit, Alison described Mariah\u2019s words as \u201cheartless, vicious, vindictive, despicable, and totally unnecessary,\u201c claiming they inflicted severe emotional distress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She further accused Mariah of using her celebrity platform to attack her and paint a harmful picture of her past simply to generate publicity and boost book sales.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-mariah-carey-s-sister-also-took-legal-action-against-her-prior-to-her-death\">Alison said that the allegations left her deeply devastated, arguing that Mariah\u2019s portrayal only added to the struggles she had already endured.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-singer-shared-her-heartbreak-at-the-deaths-of-her-mother-and-sister\"><strong>The Singer Shared Her Heartbreak At The Deaths Of Her Mother And Sister<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large is-resized caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=512,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"American singer Mariah Carey performs at the Allianz Parque stadium\" class=\"wp-image-668928\" style=\"width:788px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=2048,height=1365,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1536,height=1024,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=683,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=512,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=200,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mariah-carey-scaled.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"h-the-singer-shared-her-heartbreak-at-the-deaths-of-her-mother-and-sister\">Per a previous report from The Blast, Mariah\u2019s legal drama together with her brother got here mere weeks after the deaths of each their mother and sister. Their mother, Patricia Carey, and their sister, Alison Carey, each passed away on the identical day in August 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Mariah confirmed the news in a heartfelt statement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-the-singer-shared-her-heartbreak-at-the-deaths-of-her-mother-and-sister\">\u201cMy heart is broken that I\u2019ve lost my mother this past weekend,\u201d the Grammy winner wrote. \u201cSadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the identical day.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-carey-recently-responded-after-being-snubbed-for-the-third-time-for-rock-amp-roll-hall-of-fame-induction\"><strong>Carey Recently Responded After Being Snubbed For The Third Time For Rock &#038; Roll Hall Of Fame Induction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=909,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariah-Carey-5-768x909.jpg\" alt=\"Mariah Carey at the 2022 Global Citizen Festival\" class=\"wp-image-671305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1962,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariah-Carey-5.jpg 1962w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1730,height=2048,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariah-Carey-5-1730x2048.jpg 1730w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1298,height=1536,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariah-Carey-5-1298x1536.jpg 1298w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=865,height=1024,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariah-Carey-5-865x1024.jpg 865w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=909,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariah-Carey-5-768x909.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=253,height=300,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariah-Carey-5-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/media.theblast.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariah-Carey-5.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"h-carey-recently-responded-after-being-snubbed-for-the-third-time-for-rock-amp-roll-hall-of-fame-induction\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/20\/mariah-carey-does-not-care-about-rock-hall-snub\/\">TMZ<\/a> recently caught up with Mariah Carey after the 2026 Rock Hall class was revealed, and he or she is seemingly unbothered. She responded \u201cno\u201d when asked directly by the outlet if she was upset at not being included this yr.<\/p>\n<p>Known to at all times show like to her devoted fanbase, the Lambs, Carey said, \u201cI really like my fans. All the time!\u201d She also bluntly added additional feelings concerning the Hall of Fame slight. \u201cWho cares? Like, give it to any person else. Implausible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-carey-recently-responded-after-being-snubbed-for-the-third-time-for-rock-amp-roll-hall-of-fame-induction\">This yr\u2019s class includes Sade, Luther Vandross, Wu-Tang Clan, and Phil Collins.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mariah Carey just isn&#8217;t allowing recent allegations regarding her estranged brother\u2019s ongoing lawsuit against her to go unanswered. The superstar recently fired back at claims that she is deliberately dodging a deposition within the case, citing recent court documents, because the bitter legal battle between the siblings continues. MEGA In keeping with court documents obtained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[5432,744,1464,3230,934,743,2248],"class_list":["post-324542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-brothers","tag-carey","tag-claims","tag-deposition","tag-lawsuit","tag-mariah","tag-slams"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324542"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324545,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324542\/revisions\/324545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}