Who was Alison Carey? Inside Mariah Carey’s sister’s rift with singer and drug addiction before her death
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Following Mariah Carey's heart-wrenching announcement that her mother, Patricia, and sister, Alison, both passed away on the same day last weekend, there is now a focus on exploring Alison's life in greater detail.
Alison was Mariah's elder sister and the middle child of Patricia and Alfred Carey, an opera singer who died in 2002 at the age of 72.
In her 2020 memoir, Mariah Carey disclosed that she severed ties with her siblings Alison and Morgan due to severe childhood trauma and abuse, which included instances of prostitution.
Mariah Carey recounts severing ties with siblings due to childhood trauma
On Monday, August 26, Mariah Carey, 55, released a statement saying, “My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day.”
Alison was 63 years old, and Patricia was 87. The causes of their deaths have not been immediately disclosed.
In her 2020 memoir 'The Meaning of Mariah Carey,' the singer revealed that after years of therapy, she chose to sever ties with both Alison and Morgan.
She explained, “For my sanity and peace of mind, my therapist encouraged me to rename and reframe my family. Morgan became my ex-brother, and Alison my ex-sister. I had to stop expecting them to become the big brother and big sister I had always imagined.”
Mariah mentioned that creating distance from them was crucial for her mental and physical health, NewsX reported.
In her memoir, Mariah Carey accused Alison of trying to introduce her to drugs and causing severe harm during her childhood, including third-degree burns that affected her development.
Mariah recounted a harrowing incident from when she was 12 years old, alleging that Alison drugged her with Valium, offered her cocaine, tried to sell her to a pimp, and threw a cup of boiling tea on her, causing third-degree burns.
In a September 2020 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Mariah described Alison as "troubled and traumatized" due to their difficult upbringing.
Mariah shared her feelings of being an outsider within her own family, noting that her siblings had already experienced significant trauma by the time she was born.
Alison Carey sued Mariah Carey for $1.25 million over memoir claims
In 2021, Alison Carey filed a $1.25 million lawsuit against Mariah Carey following the publication of the memoir, contesting the "outrageous claims" made in the chapter titled "Dandelion Tea." Alison accused Mariah of using her public profile to attack her "penniless sister" and generating sensational headlines to increase book sales.
Alison's lawsuit claimed that Mariah's "cruel and outrageous allegations" caused significant emotional distress, exacerbating her childhood trauma and leading to a relapse into alcohol abuse.
Alison revealed that she has been living with HIV since 1990 and suffered a brain injury from a violent home invasion in 2015, which has impacted her vision and short-term memory.
Additionally, she has been arrested multiple times for prostitution, a practice she intermittently engaged in since the early 1980s to support her drug addiction.
