Mariah Carey set to face questions in brother Morgan Carey's defamation lawsuit over claims in Mariah Carey's 2020 memoir
Posted November 3, 2024
January 17, 2025: That's the date scheduled for Mariah Carey to be placed under oath in her brother Morgan Carey's defamation lawsuit against the singer.
Among the questions she is sure to face will be about her statement in her memoir "The Meaning of Mariah Carey" that Morgan sold drugs while working in a New York City nightclub in the 1980s.
The source of this claim, she stated in a legal filing, was "a well know hairdresser" and "a well known photographer." But she didn't name either of them.
A absolute defense to a claim of defamation is that the statements are true. The burden of proof, therefore, now falls on defendant Carey to prove that Morgan Carey did provide drugs to people in the club.
That will include indentifying the two people she claims made the allegation against her brother.
If they exist. If so, they are certain to be subpoenaed as witnesses. But if Mariah Carey cannot name these people, her defense will be weakened, perhaps to the point when settlement would be her best option.
Mariah Carey stated in the legal papers that her and Morgan's mother, Patricia Carey also told her about Morgan's alleged drug dealing. But Patricia Carey died, aged 87, on August 24 - the same day that Alison passed way - so unless Patricia Carey's deposition was recorded, Mariah's claim would be hearsay and likely inadmissible.
The deposition notice was filed on Friday November 1. It states that the deposition is to be recorded "by stenograph and/or visual means, and will take place at the offices of Morgan Carey's attorneys or other mutually agreeable location.
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