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\u201cMy heart is broken that I\u2019ve lost my mother this past weekend,\u201d Mariah Carey<\/b><\/a> posted in late August. \u201cSadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day.\u201d While the Grammy winner was able to be with <\/span>her beloved mom, Patricia, before she passed<\/span><\/a>, the story with the 55-year-old\u2019s late sister, Alison, 63, is more complicated.<\/p>\n In her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey<\/em>, the singer alleged that when she was younger, Alison and their brother <\/span>Morgan<\/b><\/a> had drugged and tried to sell her, saying that <\/span>maintaining a relationship with her siblings<\/span><\/a> made her feel \u201cemotionally and physically\u201d unsafe. (Both siblings denied the claims and sued for emotional distress.)<\/p>\n A source exclusively tells Life & Style<\/em> that Mariah\u2019s older sister had struggled with addiction over the years and the Glitter<\/em> star deliberately cut her out of her life. Now she\u2019s dealing with the repercussions. \u201cShe had a lot of ugliness with her mother growing up too, but she was able to work through it and forgive her,\u201d explains the insider. \u201cWith Alison, she\u2019s grieving not just her sister, but what could have been.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n