Mariah Carey sued by sister for $1.25million after release of tell-all book

Mariah Carey is being sued for $1.25million  (£1.1m) by her sister after she published lurid details about their family life in her tell-all autobiography The Meaning of Mariah Carey.

The All I Want Is You singer is the subject of a lawsuit filed by her sister Alison Carey, 59, who claims she was subjected to “heartless, vicious, vindictive, despicable and totally unnecessary public humiliation” in the book.

In the chapter titled “Dandelion Tea,” Mariah alleged that when she was 12 years old, then-20-year-old Alison drugged her with Valium and let Mariah go on a car ride with one of the elder sibling’s boyfriends, who was carrying a gun. 

Mariah also recounts being left alone with Alison’s boyfriend who allegedly forced Mariah to kiss him, only stopping after he was seen by a passerby. “Big sisters are supposed to protect you – not pimp you out,” Mariah wrote.

Mariah says Alison burned her by throwing boiling tea on her, according to her Manhattan Supreme Court summons filed on Monday.

 “It took years before I could accept a simple pat on the back, as most of my skin had to completely renew and repair itself,” Mariah writes.

Despite knowing about the problems that Alison faces, Mariah “used her status as a public figure to attack her penniless sister, generating sensational headlines describing lurid claims to promote sales of her book,” the suit alleges.

Alison says she is struggling again with alcohol abuse after having been clean for “a long time,” the court papers claim.

So now Alison, who is representing herself, is demanding $1.25 million for claims of “intentional infliction of immense emotional distress caused by defendant’s heartless, vicious, vindictive, despicable and totally unnecessary public humiliation of defendant’s’ already profoundly damaged older sister,” the suit charges.

Representatives for Mariah Carey did not immediately return requests for comment.