Overview

• Cardi B testified that she never touched Emani Ellis, saying the dispute began when she believed the security guard was recording her during a private OB-GYN visit while she was four months pregnant.
• Receptionist Tierra Malcolm told jurors she stepped between the two women, observed no physical contact, and believed a facial scratch she noticed came from Ellis herself.
• OB-GYN Dr. David Finke testified he did not see Cardi B spit on, hit, or scratch Ellis, and said he saw Ellis strike the receptionist’s shoulder during the aftermath.
• Court proceedings are on a short recess for the Labor Day holiday and are expected to resume next week in Los Angeles County Superior Court; no verdict has been reached.
• The televised trial has drawn wide online attention as clips of Cardi B’s animated testimony and exchanges about wigs and nail length circulated across X, TikTok, and Instagram.