Mariah Carey is firing again at her estranged brother, Morgan Carey, who claims that the pop star is refusing to look for a deposition, TMZ has realized.
In response to court docket docs obtained by TMZ, the legendary singer’s authorized staff denied Morgan’s claims that Mariah has missed a number of discovery deadlines for turning over docs, and for her to be deposed.
Mariah mentioned her brother’s movement is a “misguided attempt to gain perceived tactical leverage in this action by threatening” her with an imminent deposition.
The singer mentioned her brother’s “repeated filing of meritless motions” is likely one of the causes for the delay within the case.
Mariah’s lawyer wrote, “Ms. Carey has never refused to appear for a deposition, nor has the court ever specifically ordered her to appear.”
In his submitting, Morgan says Mariah’s staff retains telling him she will not sit for a depo till the choose guidelines on her request to throw out all the case.
“Enough is enough,” Morgan advised the court docket in court docket docs. He mentioned he thinks Mariah is evading being grilled so she “will no longer be able to hide behind dubious ‘sources’ of defamatory statements about [Morgan].”
As TMZ beforehand reported, Morgan sued Mariah for $10 million in 2021 over claims she made in her memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey.” Morgan mentioned his sister portrayed him as violent and a drug supplier within the guide.
Morgan mentioned the claims about him getting bodily weren’t solely false however they ruined his status and price him work.
For her half, Mariah mentioned she heard the details about her brother promoting medication from a number of folks. She advised the court docket the remainder of the claims her brother took problem with have been true, or considerably true.
A choose has but to rule.
