Cardi B Says Assault Accuser Demands $24 Million

Cardi B‘s assault case stemming from a 2020 lawsuit from former safety guard Emani Ellis is underway. It began Monday, August 25, with the femcee’s authorized rep claiming that it was the plaintiff who instigated this alleged bodily encounter. “Cardi B was going through somebody, with all respect, who testified she was 240-250 kilos, sporting black navy boots, hovering over her, yelling and screaming at her, taking swings at her, making an attempt to get to her. There can be proof that it was [Ellis] who yelled, ‘I’ll f*ck your sh*t up.’ That’s when somebody intervened and dragged [Ellis] to an elevator and stated, ‘You must go away.'”

Previous to Cardi’s lawyer’s opening assertion, Ellis recalled doing her rounds on the medical workplace when she noticed the celebrity. She claims she stated, “Wow, that’s Cardi B.” This allegedly prompted the Bronx native to blow up after accusing Ellis of making an attempt to publicize the go to. The “Bodak Yellow” songwriter was just a few months pregnant along with her and Offset‘s first little one on the time. “She was extraordinarily upset. She put her finger in my face,” Ellis testified.

Yesterday, Cardi B took the stand for the primary time the place she stated she “by no means” laid fingers on the plaintiff. Furthermore, attorneys for Ellis requested her a sequence of disjointed questions. Meghann Cuniff caught one clip the place one requested if her hair was pretend, then some about her nails, after which if she was affiliated with a gang.

As for in the present day, Cardi B, actual identify Belcalis Almánzar, took the stand for a consecutive time. It is right here the place we’ve got supposedly realized how a lot Ellis is making an attempt to sue her for. “She’s making an attempt to get some cash. She’s suing me for $24 million.”

After testifying that, Ellis’ lawyer requested if she was “disabled” throughout this alleged struggle in 2018. “At that second, if you’re pregnant, I am very disabled. You need me to inform you the issues I can not do?” Per Rolling Stone, this received a few of the jurors to snicker in court docket.

This whole case comes at an unlucky time for the performer. Proper now, she’s getting ready her sophomore studio album AM I THE DRAMA? It is due out on September 19 with singles “Exterior” and “Imaginary Playerz” main the best way.