Mariah Carey: delusional butterfly and all-around terrible boss, or something a lot worse? I don’t know. Apparently, Mariah Carey is facing a potential lawsuit from a former security chief who claims that Mariah sexually harassed him and repeatedly referred to him as a Klansman and a Nazi. I didn’t really think there was much to discuss about this story because it’s pretty clear that the guy is angling for a tidy settlement, and it’s clear that Mariah and her team are already in negotiations with the guy. Even TMZ says that, which makes their story more of a public relations hit-job on Mariah than anything else.
Mariah Carey’s former security company has threatened to sue her … and the guy who owns the company says she constantly humiliated him by referring to him as a Nazi, a skinhead, a KKK member and a white supremacist.
Michael Anello’s lawyer has prepared a draft of a lawsuit, claiming his company worked for Mariah from June 2015 to May 2017 and got stiffed on the balance to the tune of $221,329.51. Anello claims he was promised another 2 years which would add $511,000 to the tab. Anello says Mariah humiliated him and his colleague by referring to them as members of the hate groups. Anello also claims Mariah “wanted to be surrounded with black guys, not white people.”
The draft lawsuit also makes allegations of sexual harassment, claiming she committed “sexual acts with the intent that they be viewed by Anello.” Anello claims during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mariah asked him to come to her room to move some luggage and when he got there, she was wearing a see-through negligee that was open. He says he tried leaving but she insisted he move the luggage. He says he left the room and there was no physical contact.
Mariah’s people tell us they were in touch with Anello’s lawyer Monday and were agreeable to pay certain invoices, but we’re told Anello is not satisfied with the amount. Mariah’s people have no information on the sexual harassment claim. The lawyer for Anello says the lawsuit is now on hold, presumably because they are in settlement negotiations.
Mariah “wanted to be surrounded with black guys, not white people.” I don’t get why this is part of his complaint???? What business is it of Mariah’s security detail? If she wants to by surrounded by black men, let her be surrounded by black men. I also think probably everyone who has ever worked for or with Mariah has probably seen her in various stages of undress, because the Elusive Chanteuse wanders around in negligees constantly. I’m not saying we should completely discount the guy’s discomfort with it – if he felt uncomfortable and he felt harassed, so be it. Anyway, this will end quickly – Mariah will pay and the guy will stop leaking to TMZ. So there you go, all of the MRAs who want to be able to claim that “WOMEN HARASS TOO!” Here’s your story.
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Mariah is a big old train wreck.
We all know that Mariah is flighty and she likes to dress like she is at a permanent slumber party. The guard even said that there was no physical contact and she only wanted him to move luggage when they were in the room alone.
Now the Klansman comment, oh boy, I don’t have a follow up for that.
This should have read as a civil matter about money due and now it has something over it.
A sexual harassment case does not require physical contact of any sort.
Harvey Weinstein is his bathrobe was harassment. Mariah in her see through negligee was harassment.
I agree with Megan. If Harvey wandering around in a robe (which is the smallest of his sins as we know) is sexual harrasment so is Mariah’s. Dear lord, woulnd’t want to see any of them naked. Also those remarks about Nazis and KKK, is that ok only because it is Mariah? I don’t think so.
Also in regards to sexual harrasment of men which is a bit different topic but still. How many pop stars are being grabed by their privates bu crazed girl fans on the regular? It is not the same as sexual assault and they are men who can usually deffend themselves but that is inaproppriate to say the least. I wish that people would just respect each other’s boundaries.
I think she has had issues like this in the past also.
Sure, but an equal playing field does need to be established for this to progress any further. Recently, here in my tiny town, there was a pop up floral shop in the local cute stuff and quilting store. The photo used for the add was the headless, shirtless torso of what to me appeared to be a 17 year old kid, holding a bunch of flowers. I definitely called up and asked why A) the model couldn’t have a face and B) what his headless, naked torso had to do w/flowers.
I don’t think dismissing the dude stories out of hand right away is going to help, especially since it contributes to the idea that ‘guys like it’.
…What?
So… I read a lot of things on the internet.
In the morning, in the evening, on my lunch break, if I can’t sleep at night, etc.
I’ve read your comment twice now (the second was just to check if I missed something the first time around) and it is by far the strangest craziest nonsensical thing I’ve come across in a long time.
Harrassment is harrassment is harrassment. That is all. None of it is okay.
Preach!
Good for him speaking up!
*throws hollywood in the dumpster*
*sets dumpster on fire*
*tosses the entire blazing dumpster off a cliff*
I’m going out on a limb here and guessing that the “[she] wanted to be surrounded with black guys, not white people” ties directly into the “she constantly humiliated him by referring to him as a Nazi, a skinhead, a KKK member and a white supremacist”. Which isn’t okay, guys. I google imaged him – he’s an older white guy with a shaved head. I don’t think any empoyee should be belittled based on their appearance or race. I completely understand that white people don’t have the same history as minorities do with discrimination, and it’s not even comparable. I 100% agree with that – but calling an employee names and giving him shit based on his race still isn’t okay. No employee should have to be in that kind of situation.
On top of that – if she’s wandering around in various states of undress and calling employees to her while in these states – also not at all okay. We hear so many stories of people like Louise CK and all of the men accused who expose themselves to female employees or coworkers – and we are so grossed out by it (as we should be). I don’t think Mariah should be getting ANY kind of pass based on us ‘knowing’ that she’s a mess.
She’s a complete wreck of a human being, and we know that she’s a very entitled, dramatic woman. We also know that she’s had relationships with her dancers which to me is also a red flag when it comes to inappropriate conduct towards employees. If this bodyguard is saying he was made to feel uncomfortable, and felt that she was sexually harassing him – I’m going to believe him, just as I believe the women who make accusations against men. It’s not an MRA thing – though I’m sure those creeps will pick up on this and exploit it. If we’re going to cancel guys who didn’t harass women but had heard enough stories about coworkers then we need to call out our own gender when they’re being predators. No, men don’t live the same kind of life that women lead, and they’re not getting the same kind of constant exposure to awful things that many women are. But if someone is sexually harassing someone else, I don’t care what bits they have – the people who feel victimized should always be supported.
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If it were Harvey in this story or another man, we would be (rightfully) enraged. Just because it’s a woman doesn’t make it excusable.
The Harvey stories (and other stories coming out about predatory male behavior) don’t just stop at him being in his bathrobe in a private space while conducting business. (I do think it’s inappropriate for men and women to conduct business that way though). So while Mariah shouldn’t get a pass for that from anyone who would be outraged by a man doing the same, this ONE case isn’t valid ammunition for conservatives, MRAs, and their coolgirls to scream “The female sex is just as bad as the male sex! Both Sides! Both Sides!”
@Erinn, where’s that like button. I agree with everything you just said. And why this isn’t as extreme as Harvey Mariah does not get a pass because she’s a woman or didn’t go as far as Harvey. Even a little bit of sexual harassment is not ok, no matter the gender.
And sometimes a woman can be just as bad as a man. A few years back a female employee was fired because she sexually harassed a male subordinate on a daily basis until he almost quit his job. He was embarrassed to tell HR that he was being sexually harassed by his supervisor because he was a man and thought he would be laughed at because his belief was that this sort of thing doesn’t happen to men. Luckily a female coworker talked him into going to HR and she witness some of the harassment.
It does happen to men though we laugh at it in the movie when it happened to Charlie Day in Horrible Bosses.
I knew this lady who joked about forcing this young male employee of a Burger King to sleep with her if he wanted a promotion. It’s no laughing matter when it happens in real life, male or female
Otaku – unfortunately there are always people on each side of things that ‘ruin’ it for the rest. It’s a shame, because you just KNOW this is going to be clung to by the worst . I’m curious to see if other employees have similar stories about Mariah (I hope not, but I wouldn’t be surprised either way). I’m even willing to believe that it happens to men more often than we’d know – because of the expected gender roles and embarrassment a lot of men face. But at the same time – there are so many women who have been shamed into silence, so it’s unlikely the numbers would ever suddenly shift towards it being around the same frequency.
V4Real – it’s so hard for an employee to say anything to HR in a lot of ways. I know an ex-boss of mine has said some awful things on varying levels of gross. He’s been hauled into HR multiple times, and would always throw a little sulky pity party whenever it happened. He’d said things to me before that made me uncomfortable, but I was in the works of getting out of that department, and for me personally it wasn’t worth going to HR. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to put up with that sort of thing daily – and have it coming from a superior especially. Depending on their relationship with HR and other higher ups, it can be so difficult. There’s also that whole stupid expectation that men are always into that sort of thing, and that it somehow makes it all okay. I despise Chris Brown as a person – but I remember him talking about an older woman molesting him as a young teen and being completely unaware that it was predatory behavior. It was pretty much the only time I really felt sorry for him.
The Charlie Day thing bothered me at the time. Partially because I have a huge weird crush on the man (please let him be a good person) and partially because anything of that nature makes me SO uncomfortable. I’ve known plenty of people over the years who wouldn’t have found anything wrong with it, and it’s so infuriating.
Completely agree with these comments. Harassment is harassment, and no one should have to put up with it.
forcing your nudity on someone is never ok, regardless of gender.
I find refusal to believe men in sexual assault cases to be a truly disgusting form of patriarchy. The assumption that a man must always want sexual contact from any woman needs to change, and that takes changing attitudes of men and women.
+1000. Well said, Erinn!
Ditto, Erinn.
Uh, I totally see Mariah running around in a see-through negligee. And if she were my boss, I’d call that harrassment as well. I don’t care if she’s been doing it since before I was born. Everybody was thoroughly disgusted when HW ran around half naked in his hotel room but when she does it, it’s just eccentricity? No. Your boss does not need to be naked around you.
HOW is it that nobody has boundaries in this industry? God. These days, I really like working in an office. At least here you know exactly what’s appropriate and what isn’t.
“by referring to him as a Nazi, a skinhead, a KKK member and a white supremacist”
Well, is he? Thats the real question in this.
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” I didn’t really think there was much to discuss about this story because it’s pretty clear that the guy is angling for a tidy settlement”
DINGDINGDING! We have a winner.
That part of the story is a little questionable to me too. Was Mariah just inappropriately calling him a white supremacist and KKK member randomly, or did she witness or learn something about him that backs up her claims that he’s racist?
Just because he wants a settlement doesn’t mean he wasn’t harassed by Mariah. And just because he is a ball white man doesn’t mean he is KKK or a New Nazi.
That’s funny, I could swear this was about Mariah making an employee’s life hard by harassing him, and withholding his pay on top of everything.
Women have taken settlements as well. Doesn’t say anything about their allegations. At all.
I don’t think Mariah would insult her employees like this. These are political insults (if untrue). Has she EVER been political? But really, who the hell knows. She is known to enjoy the champagne and I do believe that she would run around in her underwear or see-through nightgowns. She thinks she’s hot sh*t and on the one hand, good for her. But she loves to show off her curves and is generally pretty cray.
And the real question, if he is indeed a frickin’ KKK member, would be WHY did she continue to employ him?
@QueenB what happened to believing victims?
I don’t think the settlement is just because of the harassment, but also because she owed them a lot of money for security services and didn’t pay.
Which makes sense. Mariah loves luxury, but artists don’t sell much music anymore. They rely on concert sales, and Mariah has big problems performing her own songs these days. She’s clearly in need of money, her scrabble for a big settlement (!) when Packer broke up with her was embarrassing.
I think this should be investigated seriously like any other complaint. Mariah needs to know you can’t greet your colleagues in your negligee. That’s just stupid and he gets to feel however he wants about it. As for her wanting to be surrounded by ‘black guys’ he’ll have to prove that in court because if that’s the case it’s problematic but she hired him so she should have know who would be working for her. Mariah…flighty butterfly, you’ve got to do better
When I heard this story, I thought ‘Of course’. Of course Mariah would say insensitive things, especially when drunk, and she would be undressed around employees. She’s like the queens of old, who viewed underlings as moving furniture. Why moderate her behaviour when she’s alone in the room, practically? I hope this guy gets all the money, but I don’t expect she’ll learn anything.
I do question whether or not a person being in their underwear within their own home like that violates public indecency laws or sexual harassment if the person’s bodyguards or staff are present. That part is a little murky, I won’t lie. I do think it’s inappropriate for employers to conduct business meetings in see-through negligees and bathrobes. But if a person has a habit of walking around in like that in their own home, it is a little harder to see that as focusing unwanted sexual advances on an individual. But this man was there, I was not. I don’t know all the details. He very well may have valid reasons to feel that this was more than just Mariah in her underwear in her house, and that she was actually sexually harassing HIM. Either way, this should be investigated, and if she was sexually harassing him, she should get the same punishment as anyone else. She does have a track record for entitled, crappy behavior. Let due process begin.
But she wasn’t in her own home. She was in a hotel room, like Harvey
I..just hate the idea of people making excuses. It’s gross. Make no excuses, if the tables were turned no excuses would be allowed. Why are people so quick to pick apart his story, whilst telling others not to pick apart other victims stories?
That does nothing, THIS is what MRA and Nazi’s want to see. They want to see people’s hypocrisy show so they can prove there stupid dumb points.
I believe him and I believe every a victim.
The story in the one incident as explained here doesn’t add up to call call it like that .Those who harass you just doesn’t stop at one incident if he is there working for her everyday so …
This looks like…She may be a bit of nudiest and she is in her room and he is just a help so she does that with out caring or thinking…
Or a totally different story like she trying to seduce him and he is not having it…more so that he felt a lot offended that she doesn’t have a respect and decency for him to do his job because she doesn’t need to call a man there to do his job in see through…etc etc.
Details needed or investigation to determine because as its it looks more of … Than….
A woman at my husband’s former job used to constantly make unwanted advances towards him and one time she grabbed his butt. She was the head of the HR department… It happens and it’s not ok.
I read a blind item in CDAN (I know, I know. Don’t judge me.) talking about an ex-manager of an a-list songstress that stole money from the singer and that’s why she was fired. Fast forward a bit, exmanager plotted to destroy singer’s reputation in any way possible to get revenge for being fired.
I feel like Mariah’s ex manager is paying this man to drum up false claims against Mariah b/c she’s mad as hell at her for getting fired.
I have mixed feelings on this one. He is claiming that she humiliated him by calling him a Nazi and KKK when he says he’s not those things. Yet he also claims that she only wants to be surrounded by black guys. She can hire whomever she is most comfortable with to be her body guard. This is not like any other office job where discrimination should not be tolerated. Women sometimes hire only other women for jobs inside their own homes, as security, etc. The fact that he complains about her only liking to be around black men, sounds like he could be racist.
However, I think that when she called him into her hotel room in a see-through nightie and wouldn’t let him leave when he said he was uncomfortable, was sexual harassment. It does not matter to me that he is seeking a settlement. That does not make his claim of sexual harassment any less valid.
But when taken with the other part of his complaint… I don’t know what to feel. Like why was he fired in the first place? He says he was promised two more years on the job but he didn’t get those years. was he fired because he was a racist and making comments about her preference for black men?
These two issues cropping up in the same complaint are throwing me off on how to feel.