LOS ANGELES — A ebook writer has delayed the discharge of Aaron Carter’s posthumous memoir amid pushback from the late musician’s publicist and his ex-girlfriend, Hilary Duff.
An lawyer representing imprint Ballast Books and memoir creator Andy Symonds introduced Saturday that his shoppers have determined “out of respect for the Carter family” to indefinitely postpone the publication of “Aaron Carter: An Incomplete Story of an Incomplete Life.” The ebook was beforehand scheduled to be launched Nov. 15.
Carter, a singer and rapper identified for hits comparable to “I Want Candy” and “Aaron’s Party,” was discovered lifeless this month at his residence in Lancaster. He was 34.
“Aaron Carter wanted his story told. And he wanted our client, Andy Symonds, a well-respected journalist and author, to tell that story with all its beauty and rawness,” lawyer Scott Atherton mentioned in a press release supplied to the Los Angeles Times.
“Public attention has recently focused on a small number of interactions during Mr. Carter’s early years. The more important story is about Mr. Carter’s life as a whole and what people can learn from his professional success, his personal struggles, and his tragic passing. … Mr. Carter was not just a celebrity, but he was also a father, a brother, a son, and a friend to many who are still grieving for him.”
Ballast Books’ resolution comes days after Duff accused the writer by way of the Daily Mail of “recklessly pushing a book out to capitalize on this tragedy without taking appropriate time or care to fact check the validity of his work.” The “How I Met Your Father” actor and Carter dated after they had been each little one stars within the early 2000s.
An excerpt from the tell-all memoir obtained just lately by the New York Post claims that the “Lizzie McGuire” alum and the “I’m All About You” artist misplaced their virginities to one another at a resort in Los Angeles after they had been about 13.
“To water down Aaron’s life story to what seems to be unverified click-bait for profit is disgusting,” Duff informed the Daily Mail. “In no way do I condone shedding any light on what is so obviously an uninformed, heartless, money grab.”
Carter’s publicist additionally informed Page Six on Friday that the vocalist didn’t need the “unauthorized” memoir to be printed.
“Aaron, in the midst of (working on the book), said, ‘I want nothing to do with this’ and stopped, so the fact that the publisher is saying it’s green-lit, it’s not,” his rep mentioned. “That’s against Aaron’s wishes.”
Authorities are nonetheless attempting to find out how Carter died after the Los Angeles County coroner’s workplace carried out an post-mortem and deferred declaring a reason behind dying pending chemical checks. On Sunday, TMZ reported that the State of California will resolve who inherits Carter’s property after he reportedly died with out a will.
“For Aaron — I’m deeply sorry that life was so hard for you and that you had to struggle in-front of the whole world,” Duff, 35, wrote final week in a press release posted on Instagram. “You had a charm that was absolutely effervescent … boy did my teenage self love you deeply.”
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