Carey revelation

Mariah Carey has responded to an as yet-unpublished book in which her sister, Alison, says she supported the pop star early in her career with prostitution money.

The singer's spokesman said: 'Mariah has financially supported her older sister since she made her first album. Any illicit activities her sister engaged in were for her own means.

'This is a woman who has been in and out of rehab and other treatment centres, also paid for by Mariah. It is a sad situation.'