纽约最高法院法官莱斯利·斯特罗思于本周一驳回了莫根·凯莉针对姐姐玛丽亚·凯莉的全部诽谤诉讼请求1。莫根在2021年提起诉讼，指控凯莉在其2020年出版的回忆录中对他进行虚假描述1。凯莉在回忆录中将其哥哥描述为"有时贩毒、有犯罪记录、酗酒的哥哥"1。
法官斯特罗思认为，莫根未能证明凯莉知道所写内容为虚假或不顾事实真伪，因此不符合诽谤罪的"实际恶意"标准1。2022年，另一位法官芭芭拉·杰夫曾驳回了原诉讼中的14项指控，但当时保留了两项涉及贩毒和暴力的诽谤指控1。莫根在修正诉状中索赔超过150万美元，声称因回忆录导致其合作电影被取消1。莫根的律师表示将继续上诉1。
A New York State Supreme Court judge has dismissed all claims in a defamation lawsuit brought by Morgan Carey against his sister, singer Mariah Carey, over statements made in her 2020 memoir.1 Judge Leslie Stroth ruled on Monday that Morgan failed to establish the legal standard of "actual malice"—proving that Carey knew her written descriptions were false or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.1 In her book, Carey had described her brother as a "sometimes drug dealing, been-in-the-system, drunk-ass brother."1
Morgan filed the lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court in 2021, initially seeking damages for what he claimed were false and damaging portrayals.1 A prior ruling by Judge Barbara Jaffe in 2022 had narrowed the case by dismissing 14 of the original claims but preserving two defamation counts related to allegations of drug dealing and violence.1 In his amended complaint, Morgan sought more than $1.5 million in damages, asserting that the memoir had caused a collaborative film project to be cancelled.1 However, Stroth's decision this week eliminated the remaining charges entirely.
Morgan's legal team indicated plans to appeal the dismissal, according to statements made to Variety.1 The case is one of multiple defamation suits stemming from Carey's memoir; her sister Alison had filed a separate $1.2 million defamation claim in 2021 but did not pursue it further before her death in 2024 at age 63.1
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