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 Carey vs Carey lawsuit update

 By David Baker

January 23, 2026

   The judge in Morgan’s defamation claim against Mariah has ruled on his motion for permission to file a second amended complaint.

   It’s a split decision; Morgan wanted to add to as a defendant add the owner of a You Tube channel - listed as “Lambily”.

   Morgan claims that a 30-minute video posted on the channel defames him; it repeats, in part, some of the same allegedly defamatory statements for which he is suing Mariah in the current lawsuit.

   Writing in her decision, Leslie A. Stroth said Morgan had presented no evidence to support his claim that “Lambily’ was in the  employ or control” of  Mariah or that she is connected to the video.

   It’s not known if Morgan has subpoenaed You Tube for the identity of ‘Lambily’’, which, if granted, might allow him to add this person as a defeated in his claim.

  The judge allowed a part of the complaint that removes as defendants the publishers of Mariah’s memoir that had earlier been denied earlier in the case. But the current judge denied Morgan’s request to add another claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress as duplicative.

  Stroth had earlier ordered that depositions in the case be completed within 90 days of this new decision -  meaning by April 15. So far, partly due to Mariah’s repeated excuses, no depositions have been taken.

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