Eric Carmen's Widow Sues Rolling Stone, Alleging January 'Hit Piece' Defamed Late Musician

Amy Carmen, the widow of Cleveland-born music legend Eric Carmen, has sued Penske Media Corp., the owners of the Rolling Stone , and three estranged family members, for a handful of allegedly defamatory remarks made in an article the magazine published in January.

In a 55-page complaint filed Monday in federal court, Carmen claimed that Rolling Stone allowed at least 15 false or misleading statements to be published in an article published after Carmen’s passing.

The article, penned by writer Andy Greene , mostly centers on Carmen’s apparent plunge into right-wing conspiracy theories throughout Donald Trump’s campaign and presidency, a twilight-era personality shift that, the article frames, only further alienated Eric from his children, Clayton and Kathryn, and his brother and ex-a