Is everyone around Mariah Carey horrible?! (Excluding Dem Babies, obvi. They are an absolute gift from heaven.)
Over the past few months, you basically had to duck to avoid being hit by a lawsuit. And taken all together, they are painting a picture of a really disgusting environment — with a lot of fingers being pointed at former manager Stella Bulochnikov Stolper.
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Let’s break all these suits down real quick to give you some background on the latest:
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Mariah sued a former assistant named Lianna Azarian, claiming the ex-employee tried to extort money from her by threatening to release videos of her “personal activities.”
The vids were rumored to be of the All I Want For Christmas singer, who suffers from bipolar disorder, during manic episodes — behaving in a way which could cause her embarrassment.
Azarian filed her own lawsuit in response, saying she was subjected to bullying, including racist comments and unwanted touching — at the hands of Stella but often in the presence of Mariah, who did nothing to stop it.
She claimed Stella called her a “f**king Armenian whore” and mocked her by placing random objects under her breasts to see if they could be held in place and even PEEING ON HER! Eww!
There was also a legal battle between Mariah and Stella over the latter’s firing — Mariah let her go in November 2017 after three years. Stella filed suit for unfair termination and indecent conduct, saying Mariah had made the workplace “uncomfortable,” including by walking around naked.
They reportedly settled out of court in January.
Meanwhile there was yet another lawsuit from Stella’s camp related to losing Mariah as a client. This one was even more personal, as she sued her own cousin, Zarina Burbacki, for $85 million.
Stella claimed Zarina, whom she had hired as her lawyer, was poaching her clients by badmouthing her to them in secret. And while she didn’t refer to Mariah by name she put in enough evidence in the legal docs to make it clear to WHICH major diva she was referring.
That brings us to the latest suit.
Zarina is hitting back, denying all of Stella’s allegations and countersuing for $155 million! Whut??
What could be worth so much? Here’s where things get really ugly:
In legal docs filed on Tuesday, Zarina claims she and other employees, including Mariah’s, were forced to endure some pretty harsh treatment at Stella’s hands.
She says Stella was “perverse, pervasive, and severe” and apparently proud of it — allegedly referring to herself as the “Russian dictator” who talked “about idolizing the tactics of Vladimir Putin.” Ugh! He’s an alleged gangster who’s accused of murdering journalists. Who would say something like that??
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However, Stella’s own tactics were a bit different…
Zarina corroborates Azarian’s account of Stella using racist language, including the N-word and calling people “f**king Jews”, “Armenian whore”, and more. She also says homophobic slurs were a regular part of her vernacular.
She claims Stella once “tackled” an assistant and “began urinating on her”! We assume that assistant was Azarian. Otherwise that means Stella is accused of doing this MORE THAN ONCE, like some kind of crazy serial urinator.
Burbacki’s suit also alleges sexual harassment, including exposing her breasts regularly, asking if her surgeon “did a good job.” And she claims Stolper would grab her inappropriately. Per the legal docs:
“For example, on numerous occasions [Stolper] grabbed [Burbacki’s ] behind and breasts, or would use her nails to touch [Burbacki’s] crotch and simulate vaginal penetration.”
Ew.
The suit also alleges Stella once told her employees to “let her know if there was odor coming from her genitals” because she hadn’t had time to shower.
Ew. Ew.
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OK, one more.
Zarina says one of the odder methods of intimidation was when she and her husband went to meet Stella and found her “sitting on top of a blood soaked comforter with menstrual blood all over the white covering.”
Seriously, WTF??
We’re not sure why this disgusting display was meant to be threatening, but it apparently worked. Zarina says she was too afraid to complain for fear she would be fired.
Sounds to us like the best thing that could have happened to her!
If recounting these incidents to Mariah is the badmouthing Zarina is accused of, we can’t say we blame her.
But if Azarian is to be believed, Mariah isn’t exactly blameless herself.
Everybody suing everybody. And EVERYBODY ends up with a bad smell on them.
What do YOU think of the latest claims against Mariah’s ex-manager??
[Image via Stella Bulochnikov/Instagram.]