The National Enquirer has an epic story about Mariah Carey’s sister Alison. Did you know Mariah had a sister? Apparently. Alison is Mariah’s older sister – she’s 49 years old, and she’s the mother of four. She’s also an HIV-positive hooker. Seriously. At first I was like “Oh, that is so wrong of the Enquirer to out someone as HIV positive.” But then I kept reading… and Alison gave the Enquirer an interview! She claims she’s not really a hooker: “You have no idea how badly I need cash right now…But I’m not having ‘sex for money’! I provide personal companionship and erotic body rubs.” Meaning hand jobs, right?
MARIAH CAREY is on top of the world preparing for the birth of her twins – a boy and a girl – but her down-and-out sister ALISON – a mother of four – is so strapped for cash she’s selling herself as an “adult escort,” The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.
Alison Carey Scott – a former drug addict who’s been arrested twice for prostitution and is also HIV positive – is shopping herself on the Long Island, N.Y., edition of backpage.com, a free internet classified service used by many hookers.
While the adult entertainment ad touts a 36-year-old sexy blonde named “Denise,” The ENQUIRER learned the ad is actually for 49-year-old Alison, who charges $250 an hour for house calls. The picture is fake, natch.
“You have no idea how badly I need cash right now,” a distraught Alison admitted to The ENQUIRER. “But I’m not having ‘sex for money’! I provide personal companionship and erotic body rubs.”
In an emotional and candid conversation, The ENQUIRER spoke to Mariah’s sister when she showed up Jan. 21 to meet a male business traveler in room 431 at the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
Dressed in jeans and a baggy sweater, Alison said: “I’ve been forced to do this because my family refuses to help me financially. For weeks, I was driving in a vehicle with practically no brakes. It was unsafe, so I reached out to my family for help, but they basically ignored me. I wish I didn’t have to make a living by hooking up with strangers on the Internet, but sometimes I feel like I don’t have any other choice.”
Alison’s pathetic plight stands in sharp contrast to her sister Mariah’s fairytale life. The 41-year-old, five-time Grammy winner is expecting twins this spring with her 30-year-old husband Nick Cannon.
In 2000, Alison tried to find a publisher for her explosive tell-all book about her famous sister – reportedly dubbing her a “vain and heartless multimillionaire,” but Mariah’s legal team allegedly put a stop to the publication.
Things continued to go downhill for Alison, who was busted for soliciting prostitution in June 2005 after offering to have sex with an undercover officer for $250. It was her second prostitution arrest within a 10-week period. Alison, who had her first child at 15, has battled HIV since the 1990s.
In 1995, the sisters’ mother Patricia Carey – fearing for the safety of Alison’s then-7-year-old son – reportedly triggered a custody battle by refusing to hand him back to her troubled daughter after a family visit. A court later awarded them joint custody.
Although the sisters are still at odds, mom-to-be Mariah has reportedly paid for Alison to go to rehab multiple times.
“Regardless of how it might appear, I am trying very hard to turn my life around,” Alison told The ENQUIRER. “I’ve been clean and sober for 14 months. I attend drug and alcohol support meetings, receive counseling and have a sponsor to lean on. I’m also enrolled in college, which I hope will someday provide a better life and financial independence.
[From The National Enquirer]
So… okay. Mariah has paid for her rehab several times, and Alison is still saying that Mariah won’t help her out? How does Alison afford college? And HIV antiretroviral drugs? Hand jobs? Are “hand jobs” the answer to all of these mysteries and more?
I’m of two minds about this – I tend to think Mariah should just help her sister out financially, even if Alison does have a history of drug abuse. BUT – we don’t know Mariah’s side of the story, and I would imagine it is quite different than Alison’s.
Still… an HIV-positive hand-job hooker is related to Mariah Carey. Who would have thought?
I couldn’t find any photos of Alison, but there’s this video of her singing… you can tell she used to have a nice voice, but she ruined it with a crackpipe.
Header courtesy of WENN.
Many of these celebrity siblings are little more than parasites. Often the celeb provides for the sibling only to watch their generosity become the problem. The best thing to do is cut them off and make them fend for themselves because the generosity is doing more harm than good.
wow.
You know there is more than just this. She sounds like a train wreck.. I did actually know she had a sister but I also remember hearing something about her drug habit. Apparently it was real bad. Mariah had to throw her hands up.
Johnny drop is soo damn sexy!!!!
JOhnny depp is so sexy 😉
Here’s the thing: Sometimes by NOT helping a drug addict out, you really ARE helping them out. I like Mariah Carey, and I’m sure she wishes her sister the best.
I bet Mariah helped her out 2,4,8 times financially and emotionally but she kept on wasting herself and dragging along her family.
@Rita: you’re right.
If she really is so desperate for money then I’m sure there are other options beside being a professional hooker and badmouth her sister.
Actually an old story. First became public after her divorce from Tommy M. tried to keep everything quiet.
In 1995, the sisters’ mother Patricia Carey – fearing for the safety of Alison’s then-7-year-old son – reportedly triggered a custody battle by refusing to hand him back to her troubled daughter after a family visit. A court later awarded them joint custody.
I know the owner of the daycare where this little guy went to school and it wasn’t a “family visit. That little boy was back and forth several times between mom and grandma. Mariah sent checks every month to pay the daycare bill at the time. She has done a lot for her sister, including living expenses and many stints at rehab, in addition to providing for the kids. You can only do so much for someone that far gone, but I always thought it was nice that Mariah took care of the kids. It’s funny because I’ve known about this for a decade and have often wondered why we never read about Mariah’s sister. Sooner or later…
Very old story indeed. Mariah has an older sister and an older brother who lived and were raised by her deceased father while she lived and was raised with her mother since their parents divorced.
Her siblings were always more troubled. I thought Alison already passed away or was too sick cause she has been HIV positive for a very long time.
I remembered reading that Mariah financially help her nephews.
There is no way handjobs could pay your way through college. You’d get carpal tunnel syndrome first, for sure.
Chris Rock had a similar situation–His brother was a drug addict (but not a hooker) & he tried helping, but you can only do so much. I agree with Rita’s post–These type of siblings become parasites.
it’s the age old question of am i my brother’s keeper?
i met a girl once who used to be a gospel singer & due to a string of unfortunate events she ended up turning tricks for rent & food. in this economy!! lol.
but seriously imo mariah should be her sister’s keeper. there has to be a way for her to help her that would not enable the drug use.
obviously the “tough love” strategy is not resolving the issue.
I thought this was well known. For a long time, I thought her sister was that porn star til she did Celebrity Rehab or something and a few outlets did stories setting the record straight and talking about this chick.
Not quite sure what a sibling with less than ideal credentials has to do with anything, tho. Mariah’s been pretty clear that they had a less than stellar upbringing. One made it out and one is still stuck. How many of us can say the same thing about us and a sibling? Emilio Estevez can even claim a brother who made it out and is still in.
@Roma- Excellent point!
I HATE to say this but sometimes cutting off a drug addict is the best way for them to realize they need to help themselves.
What I find the most alarming about this story is that her HIV positive sister is a hooker! “Personal companionship and erotic body rubs” my ass. This is just reckless behavior on her part because I bet no I know she doesn’t disclose that she has HIV to her johns. (I know that I’m defending douchebags who go out and pick up hookers but they still have a right to know)
Do you think she uses condoms everytime?
Please.
Bitch, you’re over 40. Time to stop expecting the family to bail you out.
@guesty, I agree to a point. I don’t see Mariah as utterly selfish, I can imagine she has done what she can for her sister…I’m thinking Allison is badly on drugs and is in desperate need of some cash in order to do this interview, especially if she is no longer speaking with Mariah. This woman is clearly trying to make Mariah look bad , she tried to write a book about her years ago. Lame, I do not feel bad for her at all!
so she’s HIV and hooking? nice.
Old picture of Mariah and her brother Morgan who has dealt with drug and is now clean and a fitness teacher
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Mariah and sister Alison
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Mariah and one of her nephew Shawn McDonald who is 6 years younger than her and Alison’s older son.
Mariah and her mother fought hard for him and mainly the younger siblings in 1995 when Alison was tested HIV positive and refused to quit her hooker job. Grand mum backed with Mariah asked to be legal guardian of Alison kids. Alison threatenred to write a tell all book depicting Mariah not so rosy, saying that she got AIDS because she went into prostitution to finance her sister promising career which both Mariah and her mother refuted.
Shawn is very close to his aunt and went to law school in college. Mariah financed his studies. He is sometimes in her videos and often at her side in private celebrity parties.
http://www.mariahturkiye.net/mariah/ailearkadas/shawn04.jpg
Does anyone else think she looks like our dearly departed Julia Sugarbaker in that last picture? I’m embarrassed to say that as Dixie Carter was such a classy lady….Sorry Dixie!
I have conflicting feelings about this story. I mean, on the one hand, I know what it’s like to hold the financial burden of people in my family, but on the other hand, I couldn’t imagine allowing my nieces & nephews to live in squalor bc of my sibling. Everything I’ve done & continue to do for my brother is bc of my nieces & nephews…they shouldnt have to suffer & live unhealthy lives bc of his poor choices. I think Mariah should be more active in those poor kids lives as their aunt regardless of the mess her sister is
This is old old news.
Maybe I’m in the minority here, but I think that it’s rather pathetic and embarassing that someone as wealthy as Mariah Carey, would have abandoned her sister in such a horrible situation. Yes, she may have helped her by paying for rehab and provided financial assistance for her nephews but, we never to know to which extent she has really helped.
Sometimes, by just doing enough to avoid being accused of insolidarity and selfishness, you’re washing your hands clean of a situation in the cruellest way possible. This woman seems to be doing what she is doing to provide for her family… Isn’t that heartbreaking? I don’t know about other people, but I would rather die than see one of my siblings selling themselves, in order to put food on the table.
Given the fact that La Carey seems to only be concerned with victimizing herself and living in a fantasy world, where she will always be allowed to behave like a particularly whiny Veruca Salt wannabe, I wouldn’t put indifference to the plight of her family past her.
If Mariah as a waitress at Denny’s, would people be expecting her to support her older sister?
At what point do we keep giving our troubled siblings money and bailing them out of the issues they’ve gotten themselves into? And then, in repayment for paying for rehab and helping to support the kids, a tell-all book is written.
Look, why can’t she just get a JOB job? She can’t accept having to support herself via safe reliable work because Mariah’s rich, and this is what she does?
Mariah has nelped her sister to the tee. She has helped her financially and still does. She has asked her to quit her job say that she would finance any of her studies, pay her a home, ect. Alison has always refused to quit prostitution even with those promisies and put her own children in danger.
Mariah has financially helped her mother, father, brother who became clean after being a druggie like Alison was.
Alison was a mother at 17 and married at 18. She has been divorced for a long time and wanted easy money but was too proud to just receiving it from Mariah. She has adult children who can help her too, a mother and a brother who all love her.
I am sure she was helped by all of those people and I am sure she is still helped. Otherwise she would be living in the street.
It’s not up to her baby sister, Mariah to save her if she doesn’t want to save herself or at least to do it for HER OWN CHILDREN, which should be a good motivation. I mean she could become a grand mother tommorow with a 35 years old son ! It’s high time to get her act right !
@malachais…that whole situation really sucks for everyone involved. where’s dr. drew or possibly dr. phil? ha. after all it’s a celeb situation & that’s what they do.
@ Rita: So true. Look at Brett Favre’s trainwreck sister.
This is old, old, old
the enquirer got Alisons age wrong for one thing she was born 7 years before Mariah not 8 so she’s 48 as Mariah turns 41 next month. it’s been known for years that she’s a drug addict hooker with aids and that the family cut her off. her older children Sean & Michael are very close to Mariah and their grandmother Patricia who just turned 73 last week
Pont Neuf, I do think you are the minority as far as your logic goes regarding this situation. Despite having absolutely NO obligation to take care of her family financially, she does it. She takes care of her nephews, her mother, her brother AND her sister. However, as anyone who has been associated with any drug addict knows, the addict will do absolutely ANYTHING to get what they really want – an enabler. In this case, she is trying to tarnish MC’s reputation and make herself look like the victim. This is very classic addict behavior. Also, I’m not sure where you got the idea that her family members live in squalor, but they certainly do not. Not even her whore of a sister.
@ nnn: Thanks for the information and the pictures. Mariah seems like such a wonderful person.
@ Roma
hahahahahah!
Seriously though, this is very sad.
Tale of Two Hoes:
Mariah, the Good Witch of the East
Alison, the Wicked Witch of the West
one used her hoein’ powers for good ~
(Mariah, marrying ‘a vision of love’ *cough* Tom Mattola, reaching super stardom with her talented pipes & never looking back)
one used her hoein’ powers for evil ~
(Alison, marrying ‘The Pipe’, reaching rock hooker bottom, ruining her talented pipes & still looking for a handout)
we all gotta deal the hand (no pun intended) we’re dealt, some more lucky than others. those r da breaks.
life is choices folks. 😉
Memo to the Lohans: it’s called tough love. Look into it.
as someone who has loved mariah since the beginning of time, i have to call bullshit on alison’s story. first, she was a hooker & drug addict and mariah tried many, many, many times to help her to no avail. mariah has also taken care of at least one of allison’s kids, including putting him through harvard. their own mother (and father while he was alive) cut off contact with alison because she refused to get help.
i hate stories like this because people are soooo quick to say, “so and so is family!” yes, but i’ve noticed that almost everyone who says this comes from a mostly stable home life. for those of us who don’t, it’s a bit more complicated.
oh and this isn’t the first time alison has done an interview claiming this.
ETA: just read the other comments. i’m glad i’m not the only one who knows details about the back story. LOL. it feels weird to rattle off details about a stranger’s life…
mariah has written songs mentioning her relationship with alison. one of my favorites is “petals.” the first verse is about alison.
Can’t afford HIV drugs? That is okay! Quit your job (if you have one), get on welfare and let the taxpayers buy you HIV medication. That is exactly how it works. The US Government pays for the HIV drugs for ALL that cannot afford them!!!!
Maybe I’m too young to remember celebrity gossip from the 90’s, but this is my first time hearing about this, and it is very interesting, so thanks for posting
I am sure Mariah has helped her out 1,00000000000000000 times. So she can save the poor me story for someone who might by it.
whoa whoa whoa….you can pay for college with hand jobs?!?! Why the hell didn’t I know about this?!
What a sad story. I almost wished I hadn’t read it. Maybe this sister is why Mariah went off the rails a few years back. I would place her in a sanatorium until she is clean and sober, one year minimum. Obviously the wires are misaligned in this woman’s brain.
I’m sure there is so much more to this than we could ever dream to know. It’s so, so incredibly wrong to assume that Mariah hasn’t helped her…and even worse for us to think that she should just throw more money at this woman. Addicts are manipulators. I’d bet she’s done untold amounts of damage to the family.
And HIV+ hooker drug addict…honestly. Mariah has probably gone through a lot of heartache with this one. It’s just not her responsibilty. Charlie Sheen, anyone?
I’m not even a fan of Mariah’s, but I have witnessed first hand this woman’s generosity and compassion and would never believe that she wouldn’t have done what she could and that regardless of her sister’s behavior, she would ALWAYS be there for those children.
This story has been out years ago.
I don’t understand why her HIV status can be revealed, however.
People can say anything about Mariah but though she had success at a very young age, she was never into bars, drugs, hit and run scandals. She was never a serial dater and the few times she spoke about her family and the growing pains about being bi racial in a divorced family where children are raised separately by either parent, she never showed bitterness about any of her parents.
She always said it had to be more difficult for her siblings and always spoke tenderly about both of them, getting into a depression when her father died of cancer in 2002 as she got closer to him and provided the best care.
All this tragedy about her sister happened when she was in her early twenties, as both parents weighed and intervened without results. She took her responsabilities, dealing with it and taking care of those kids as well of her sister at a very young age.
There is no way that she will give so much love to those children, saying publicly that she will always be there for them and help her sister children, wanting to protect them if she didn’t love her sister too.
i remembered clearly that she used to give money to her sister who used it for her drug fix instead. Mariah asked her time and time again to enter some program and get clean, that she would provide and help her. She did everything she could and saved what could be saved by backing her mother in Court to protect and take care of her nephews since she couldn’t force their mum to stop hurting herself.
At some point,her sister is the one who should take her own responsability and make her part too. A mother of four surrounded by siblings who are rich and ready to help financially, emotionally has no right to whine when she rest on her laurels while blaming her little sister for her own inhability to take responsability of her own life.
Um it was Mariah and their Mother Patricia that put Sean through law school at harvard not Alison. Mariah’s beakdown had nothing to do with Alison it was due to over work and a recent fizzled romance with Luis Miquel.
nnn:
irishserra:
I totally agree.
As far as I am aware there is no set dollar amount one is obligated to give any addict, relative or not.
There is a very fine line between helping and enabling.
I do know that sometimes giving an addict as little as $5.00 can be giving too much and giving them a million will never be enough!
Buying the actual groceries, clothes, shelter, and actually filling the gas tank yourself as well as providing medical care for them are ways that help.
Love them but be aware, that whatever they can exchange for cash, drugs or alcohol, they will do in a heartbeat.
Many times it is said addicts are weak but truly they are the most determined, cunning, resourceful and manipulative individuals when feeding their addiction. An addict stated those very words to me.
Tough love is tough for those receiving it and tough for those who have to give it.
Been there, did that for over 20 years before finally have a loved one successfully overcome
the hold of addiction.
God have mercy on all families dealing with addictions.
I’m not a huge fan of Mariah’s, but this is a tacky, tacky move on her sister’s part.
Who benefits if Mariah keeps giving her sister money and it gets blown on drugs? That won’t help the kids, it will just make their home life worse.
The problem with addicts is that the help they need usually isn’t the help they want, and they will lie, cheat, and steal to get their way.
Wow, I’ve never heard of this before, it’s shocking…
It must be painful, one way or the other this situation won’t end well. Alison will always be an ungrateful addict, and Mariah will always think that she has never done enough to help her sister. In stories like this the happy end is not an option.
But now I have some respect for Mariah.
here’s my opinion, mariah has tried enough already.
all of my siblings have had battles with drug addiction. 2 of my brothers are currently in prison because of drugs.
i am not rich by any means but have tried to help here and there. i have been lied to and used. no more. period. i have warned my siblings to forget calling me if they need to be bailed out or need money. it’s not my problem. you can only do so much.
my siblings are nearing their 50s so at this point, i am unsure they’ll change their lives. i do believe in rehab and treatment but my siblings were always sent to jail and never rehab. who knows how things would have turned out had they been given those chances early in life?
@launicaangelina
Yes, yes a thousand times yes. I totally co-sign this.
No one should be their brother’s / sister’s keeper! You can choose your friends, but not your family. And toxic siblings / relatives / parents can be very damaging. You help where you can, as much as you can, but there also comes a point of no return. To do more is to be emotionally blackmailed (and financially drained). If MC has cut her sister off, she’s being wise and doing the ONLY thing she can do to help her sister at this point. Tough love!
This woman is despicable. She screwed up her life and sold her story to a slag rag to make her sister look like the bad guy.
Mariah doesn’t owe her sister a thing. She tried over and over again to help her. Comes a point when you have to put your foot down and say no more bail-outs and no more hand-outs. Her sister is responsible for her own life.
Sometimes you have to cut people off and try to help their kids the best you can. You can’t give them money for the kids because all they’ll do is use the money for themselves.
Mariah is probably tired of being used. I don’t blame her. Family or not there is only so much you can take.
She could be helping her out financially, paying for her home, cars, food, clothes and her sister would still use every extra cent she had for drugs! She would have no bills to pay and she could spend all day getting high.
Or she would trade her stuff for money for drugs. Or straight across for drugs.
There are people that will sell their food stamps to pay for their habit.
Sometimes cutting them off is the best thing you can do for them. Some people have to hit rock bottom before they get back up.
I’m not a big fan of Mariah because of her rumored diva behavior and her fondness for clothing that is too tight, but I don’t for one second believe that she is a bad person.
Also, she says she is enrolled in college but she could be getting it for free. Her income comes in under the table and she could be getting financial aid. (Although with her record maybe not.)
Or perhaps she’s only taking one class right now, at a community college which wouldn’t be very expensive.
“i hate stories like this because people are soooo quick to say, “so and so is family!” yes, but i’ve noticed that almost everyone who says this comes from a mostly stable home life. for those of us who don’t, it’s a bit more complicated.”
THIS is very true!
If it was me I’d deposit money in an account on a monthly basis for the sister, enough for rent on an average apartment, food and necessities, and that’s it. If she chooses to blow the money on drugs and whine for more, that’s her deal, not mine. But it’s hard to know what to do, be an enabler, or let them sink.
The apple doesnt fall far from the tree.
The whole family is wacked out.
Mariah has systematically ruined her own career.
That is why Tommy dumped her.
It is a far fall from Tommy in your 20s to Nick in your 40’s.
Her music used to be cutting edge..now hardly tolerable.
She needs to learn how to stay out of her own way.
Why in Hell should she HAVE to take care of her sister? Just because she has money and the sister doesn’t that’s crap. There isn’t any reason she could not have had a regular job that did not involve hooking and drugs, that’s just a cop out for her being too lazy to actually work.
Mariah has worked for her money I see no reason she should just hand it over.Mariah does not owe her anything.
Her sister is a deadbeat
I highly doubt that she will be invited to the christening.
Ugh. While Mariah is a little nutty (in a good way), she does not seem like a heartless person. Her sister is choosing to live this lifestyle, and I’m sure has been and is still being supported by Mariah in some way.
I have two younger sisters and I would do anything for them, but I’m thankful every day that they haven’t grown up to be hot messes!
Continuing to give an addict money (or anything they can sell or pawn) is the surest way to help them stay stuck.
I know a woman who lived a 100% clean, responsible life until a boyfriend lead her into drug addiction. Within a few months, she lost literally EVERYTHING: job, house, kids, freedom. It will take her years to rebuild, but I think she has a better-than-average chance. Because hitting bottom so hard and fast completely shocked her. If she’d been cushioned from the consequences of her actions, maybe this would’ve dragged on and on.
BTW, you can tell Alison Carey is still in the self-pitying addict mindset. “My family refuses to help meeee financially…” Well, that’s because you’re a big kid now, Alison! I imagine if Alison went to MC without blaming and whining, took full responsibility for her actions, and expressed a sincere desire to get well, any help she needed would be given. No one wants to see their sibling in dire straits.)
I have two messed up siblings. And I will always abide by this: Blood isn’t always thicker than Water. I have non relatives who have been like family to me, meanwhile I try and help my sorry ass sister and brother. I am getting close to the end though, as I feel that my priorities are my family, my husband and son.
This isn’t new, I’ve heard about this sister for many years and how Mariah had supported all the kids over the years. This gal is a piece of work.
I respect her more for doing this than those leaches that have been sucking down unemployment for 2+ years now.
Looking at her, if she won’t HIV positive I’d let her give me a handy on tape just so I’d have something to brag about. “Yup, I hand-banged Mariah Carey’s sister.” But since she’s positive I wouldn’t even have phone sex with her.
Very old story that has now gotten 20 years more complicated. Poor Alison fell in with the wrong people as a teen, and it was probably in one awful moment when she first tried one of these horrible drugs that she was never able to tun it around for good. Such a tragic and horrible waste of human potential and talent. Try to have some compassion, the 70s were no fun for neglected and abused children. Mariah’s parents separated and Mr Carey moved Alison and her brother to the Washington area for a time. Nobody can pinpoint when it all went wrong, but parental selfishness is on the list somewhere, so try to have some compassion for the poor woman. She should have been dead 20 years ago and she’s held together pretty well. Nobody knows the real lowdown on this and we may either never know the entire truth, or it will be another 25 years before we find out.