Mariah Carey sued for $3M after canceling South American concerts
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mariah Carey performs during New Year's eve celebrations in Times Square in New York City, New York, U.S., December 31, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC1159472B90
Mariah Carey is facing a lawsuit over a series of canceled concerts.
Court documents obtained by The Blast reveal that the 47-year-old songbird canceled respective concerts in Chile and Argentina in October 2016, prompting the show’s promoter, FEG Entretenimientos S.A., to seek $500,000 in damages.
However, a much larger claim stems from Carey’s own reporting of the cancellations. The “Hero” singer tweeted at the time, “Devastated my shows in Chile, Argentina & Brazil had to be canceled. My fans deserve better than how some of these promoters treated them.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The lawsuit argues that Carey’s comment about the promoters were “knowingly false and defamatory,” and FEG seeks $2 million in damages for her tweet alone.
It’s not the only scandal in which Carey is embroiled at the moment.
In November, a former bodyguard accused Mimi of sexual harassment in a draft suit that also demanded payment for an unpaid invoice. Two months earlier, a nonprofit choir sued Carey’s production company for allegedly failing to pay a $4,000 security deposit for them to perform at her Beacon Theatre Christmas residency in 2016, then canceling the deal. The choir seeks $67,500 in damages.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A rep for Carey did not immediately return a request for comment.
This story originally appeared in The New York Post.