Verdict brings end to colourful civil trial, during which rapper denied cutting security guard’s face with a fake fingernail and spitting on her
Cardi B has been cleared of assaulting a security guard by scratching her with her fingernails, with a Los Angeles jury deliberating for less than an hour to bring an end to a colourful civil trial.
Emani Ellis had alleged that the Grammy-winning rapper cut her cheek with a three-inch (7.5cm) fingernail and spat on her outside an obstetrician’s office in 2018.
The jury took just under an hour to clear the rapper, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, of the allegations of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and false imprisonment.
Outside the Alhambra courthouse, Cardi B thanked her lawyers, media and fans and denied again that she had ever touched Ellis.
