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Cardi B Cleared in Civil Trial as Los Angeles Jury Rejects $24 Million Claim

Jurors reached a unanimous verdict after about an hour, concluding a five-year dispute over a 2018 Beverly Hills encounter.

Overview

  • The panel found the rapper not liable and awarded no damages.
  • Plaintiff Emani Ellis alleged scratching, spitting and racial insults during a hallway confrontation at a Beverly Hills medical office.
  • Cardi B testified she never touched Ellis, saying she was four months pregnant and concerned about being secretly recorded.
  • A clinic doctor told jurors there was no physical attack, countering Ellis’s claims of a facial scar and job loss.
  • The weeklong trial ended with a unanimous decision following roughly an hour of deliberations, and no appeal has been announced.