Cardi B Cleared in $24 Million Civil Assault Lawsuit
Cardi B Cleared in $24 Million Civil Assault Lawsuit
Hip-hop superstar Cardi B has been found not liable in a high-stakes $24 million civil lawsuit brought by a security guard, concluding a trial that saw the rapper deliver colorful and often humorous testimony.
The verdict, delivered by jurors after less than an hour of deliberation on Tuesday, absolves Cardi B of claims of assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Security guard Emani Ellis had accused the artist of scratching her face with a long nail extension during a confrontation outside an obstetrician’s office on February 24, 2018.
Emerging from an Alhambra courthouse, a relieved Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, vehemently denied the allegations. “I swear to God, I will say it on my deathbed, I did not touch that woman,” she stated, also mentioning she missed her children’s first day of school due to the proceedings. She extended her gratitude to her legal team, the jurors, the judge, and the press.
The trial featured conflicting accounts of the 2018 incident. Ellis claimed Cardi B verbally abused and physically assaulted her, while Cardi B maintained that Ellis was the aggressor and that she never touched the security guard, who she believed was recording her. Jurors ultimately sided with the rapper’s version of events.
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