Mariah Carey dating Australian tycoon James Packer - report
Mariah Carey has sparked reports she is dating billionaire Australian tycoon James Packer after she was spotted dining and holding hands with the businessman during a European vacation.
The singer and the 47-year-old entertainment mogul and casino boss were photographed together in Capri, Italy on Friday (19Jun15), and sources tell TMZ.com the couple is traveling around Europe onboard Packer's luxury yacht, en route to Cannes and St. Tropez in France.
Insiders tells the news site Packer has been pursuing Mariah ever
since her marriage to rapper and entertainer Nick Cannon fell apart
last year (14).
Carey was briefly linked to moviemaker Brett Ratner, a friend of
the billionaire, earlier this year (15), but she insisted the
director is just a good friend.
Packer's ex-girlfriends include Tania Bryer, Joan Severance and
Deni Hines. He was married to swimsuit model Jodhi Meares and model
and singer Erica Baxter, with whom he shares three children. The
couple separated in 2013.