Mariah Carey Settles Lawsuit With Ex-Employee
Mariah Carey has agreed a settlement with a former assistant she accused of blackmail.
Carey filed a $3 million (£2.2 million) suit against Lianna Shakhnazarian, aka Lianna Azarian, in 2019, accusing her ex-employee of attempting to use “intimate videos” and footage of the singer engaging in embarrassing “personal activities” to land an $8 million (£5.8 million) payday.
Shakhnazarian, who was let go in 2017, was also alleged to have violated their non-disclosure agreement. She denied the extortion claims, but now the two parties have reached a settlement.
According to legal papers obtained by the New York Post’s Page Six, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Andrew Borrok officially brought the dispute to an end on Wednesday, when he simply declared, “Case settled.”
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