A California Jury found musician Cardi B not liable last week after a civil lawsuit was filed by a former security guard alleging the WAP singer assaulted them.
Emani Ellis, a former security guard, sued the singer for millions while alleging Cardi B assaulted her in 2018 during an interaction in the hallway of a medical office where Ellis was employed.
Ellis attempted to file for punitive damages and for medical expenses for a scratch on her face.
Cardi B was pregnant at the time and in the building to see her obstetrician but denied that any such assault took place.
Cardi B's viral court moments
Cardi B’s attitude and comments during cross-examination later went viral. Asserting that she was not “angry” but “concerned” by the interaction with Ellis, she stressed she was anxious that the bodyguard planned to “beat her a**” while she was pregnant.
The musician also burst out into laughter when she was questioned what her real hair was as she showed up to court with two vastly different looks.
Asked if she had any disabilities, she responded, “When you’re pregnant…I am very disabled. You want me to tell you the things I can’t do?”
When Cardi B was asked to recount what she said to Ellis during the heated interaction seven years prior, she bluntly recounted how she called the bodyguard a “b****” and told her “why the f*** in my face, get out my face…”
The Grammy-winning artist thanked her lawyer, jurors and supporters outside the court last week, when she was found not liable after two days at trial.
Despite the ruling being in her favor, the singer expressed her disappointment the “frivolous” lawsuit had cost her quality time with her children on their first day of school.
“I’m not even playing around, even if I’m on my deathbed, I swear to God I will say it on my deathbed, I did not touch that woman. I did not touch that
Ron Rosen Janfaza, an attorney for Ellis, said his client plans to file an appeal.