一名保安指控Cardi B在2018年的一次袭击中袭击了她,并向洛杉矶陪审团提起了2400万美元的诉讼。
这名说唱歌手的法定名字是belkalis Marlenis ALMánzar,他不必向保安人员支付赔偿金。
前保安Emani Ellis在Cardi B产科医生办公室所在的Beverly Hills大楼工作,她声称这一事件给她留下了持久的身体和情感创伤。
她声称Cardi B用3英寸的指甲割破了她的脸颊,并向她吐口水,称这一攻击需要整形手术,并在这位说唱歌手的名人身份引起了不必要的关注后让她失去了工作。
当时怀孕的Cardi B试图将她与丈夫Offset的第一次怀孕保密,她告诉法庭,Ellis跟踪她,用手机拍摄她,并拒绝给她空间。陪审团最终站在说唱歌手一边,驳回了这个案子。
在审判期间,卡迪B的医生大卫·芬克和他的接待员的证词支持她的说法,两人都说他们从未目睹过肢体冲突。根据法庭证词,为了保护她的隐私,办公室当天早就关门了。
加利福尼亚州阿尔罕布拉的审判因卡迪B丰富多彩的证词和出庭而成为头条新闻。
判决后,身着带有白点和红色蝴蝶结的黑色套装的Cardi B在法庭外发表讲话时感谢了她的律师、陪审员和支持者。
“我不是在开玩笑。即使我在我的死亡之床,我向上帝发誓,我会在我的死亡之床说-我没有碰那个女人,”她说。“我没有碰那个女孩。我没碰那个女孩。我希望这是我留下的东西。”
Cardi B cleared in $24 million assault trial
Cardi B has been cleared by a Los Angeles jury in a $24 million lawsuit filed by a security guard who accused her of assault during an attack in 2018.
The rapper -- whose legal name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar -- will not have to pay damages to the security guard.
Emani Ellis, the former security guard, who was working at the Beverly Hills building where Cardi B's obstetrician's office was located, claimed the incident left her with lasting physical and emotional scars.
She alleged that Cardi B cut her cheek with a 3-inch fingernail and spat on her, saying the attack required plastic surgery and cost her the job after the rapper's celebrity status drew unwanted attention.
Cardi B, who was pregnant at the time and attempting to keep her first pregnancy with husband Offset private, told the court that Ellis followed her, filmed her on a phone and refused to give her space. The jury ultimately sided with the rapper, dismissing the case.
Testimony from Cardi B's doctor, David Finke, and his receptionist during the trial supported her account, with both saying they never witnessed a physical fight. The office had been closed early that day to protect her privacy, according to court testimony.
The trial in Alhambra, California, drew headlines for Cardi B's colorful testimony and courtroom presence.
After the verdict, dressed in a black outfit with white dots and a red bow, Cardi B thanked her lawyers, jurors and supporters during her remark outside of court.
"I'm not even playing around. Even if I'm at my death bed, I swear to God, I will say it at my death bed -- I did not touch that woman," she said. "I did not touch that girl. I didn't lay my hands on that girl. I hope that this is something I leave behind."