Cardi B is walking out of court with her head held high.
The 32-year-old rapper on Sept. 2 was found not liable in a $24 million civil lawsuit from a Beverly Hills security guard who accused Cardi B of assaulting her outside of a doctor's office in 2018.
The outcome was determined in a unanimous decision by a jury in Alhambra, California, located within Los Angeles County's San Gabriel Valley. Emani Ellis' lawsuit, which was first filed in February 2020, alleged Cardi spat on her and scratched her nose during an altercation outside of an obstetrician's office.
The 12-member Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated for less than an hour before reaching a verdict. USA TODAY has reached out to Cardi and Ellis' attorneys for comment.
Cardi, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, has gone viral for her responses during the trial. When asked on the stand whether she was disabled at the moment of the altercation – in which she is accused of using her nail extensions to scratch Ellis' face – Cardi responded, "At that moment, when you're pregnant, I'm very disabled."
