Cardi B has been found not liable in a civil assault case brought by security guard Emani Ellis.
Ellis alleged the rapper hit her, scratched her face, and spat on her at a Beverly Hills medical office back in 2018, and says the attack was so vicious that she even needed plastic surgery.
Cardi celebrated the in and maintains that she never laid a hand on Ellis.
“I am not even playing around. Even if I’m in my deathbed, I swear to God, I will say it in my deathbed, I did not touch that woman. I did not touch that girl. I didn’t lay my hands on that girl,” Cardi told reporters outside the courtroom after the decision.
“I did not touch that woman.”
Cardi B spoke to reporters outside of court after being found not liable in civil suit. pic.twitter.com/kkliqL8Xip
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She continued. “You don’t work at home, and you don’t work all day, and you don’t work for your money to give out your money. So don’t ever think that I’m just going to give you my money that I work hard for,” and says that in the future, she will countersue anyone who tries to bring a frivolous lawsuit against her.
Ellis says she plans to appeal the decision.
“It’s about accountability. I had my day in court. I showed up. I held my head high. And I can walk away and say I showed up, she had to look me in the eye, I had to look her in the eye, and we did our best,” she said.