Mariah Carey's troubled, HIV-positive sister has been arrested for prostitution — for a second time.

Suffolk County police said they picked up Alison Carey, 43, after she solicited an undercover cop at the West Shore Marina in Huntington, Long Island, on June 13. "She offered to engage in sexual conduct for $250 in cash," a police source said.

Explaining the long lag time between Carey's arrest and the public release of her family ties, another source said, "We don't ask for the family tree when someone is put under arrest for prostitution."

It was Alison's second prostitution arrest. She was previously busted in April at her Huntington home, police said. She pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined $200 on June 2. Eleven days later, she was back on the streets, police said. The new charge carries a maximum of three months in jail.

Alison Carey has been out of tune with her family for years. She has claimed in interviews that she started turning tricks as a teenager, and that her work paid for limos that took her younger sister to her early gigs. In the early 1990s, Alison was so broke and strung out that her mother got custody of the young woman's son. She gave birth to another boy, and spent years in welfare motels and sleeping in a car. But she later lost custody of that boy, too.

In 2000, she shopped a tell-all book about her life and her famous sister, whom she called a "vain and heartless multimillionaire." The book was never published, if it was written at all.

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1 I'm glad I'm not the only person who struggles with a made-up face being a different color than my cleavage! You'd think her staff could spray paint her body the same shade as her foundation!

Posted by: pjdjd at July 08, 2005 08:44 AM (e3ftc)

2 It's one of the first things I noticed, too. I'm betting most guys, however, will not notice that.

Posted by: Lawren at July 08, 2005 10:22 AM (bJB+W)

3 You are correct Ms. Lawren. I only looked at her clevage, did not bother looking at her face.

Posted by: at July 08, 2005 12:07 PM (FwXMW)

4 Ha! After the poor foundation color choice, my second thought was, "DAMN, how big ARE those diamond earrings?" Third thought: the boobs.

Posted by: Lawren at July 08, 2005 12:11 PM (bJB+W)

5 If I hadn't pulled up these comments, I'd've never noticed the foundation problem meself either (oh, the shame...)

Posted by: LDH at July 08, 2005 12:23 PM (bqPDz)

6 Diamonds, what diamonds?

Posted by: at July 08, 2005 01:22 PM (FwXMW)

7 I must really be getting old. The difference in makeup was the first thing I noticed. And Alison sounds like a real treat, eh?

Posted by: buzz at July 08, 2005 03:39 PM (eHBP5)

8 Actually, the first thing I noticed about this pic was the jaundiced face compared to the rest of her skin. She's painted thicker than an anchorwoman.

Posted by: Kevvy the Unnamed Source at July 08, 2005 03:48 PM (qb+8W)

9 Stage lighting ... come on, fellow theatre-istas! You know why they have her make-up like that .... you don't paint the chest area the same as the face for the stage!

Posted by: Iceman at July 11, 2005 03:21 PM (9zwsf)

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