Mariah Carey has come out on top in her brother’s defamation case, after a judge ruled in her favor.
Billboard reports that a judge dismissed Morgan Carey’s lawsuit on Monday, finding that he hadn’t met the legal requirements to bring his claims against his sister.
Morgan had sued over Mariah’s 2020 memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey,” objecting to passages suggesting he had sold cocaine and been violent during their childhood.
In the ruling, the judge concluded that Morgan had not adequately alleged actual malice on Mariah’s part, and added that he offered no proof that she knowingly lied about him in the book.
Mariah’s attorney, John Rosenberg, told Billboard that she is pleased the court recognized her memoir deals with significant matters of public interest, and that it threw out all of her brother’s defamation claims.
Morgan’s attorney said he intends to appeal the dismissal. For now, though, it looks like Mimi has gotten her real-life emancipation.
