Overview
- Cardi B’s attorneys filed an opposition calling Emani Ellis’s new-trial motion “entirely frivolous” and urging the court to deny it.
- Ellis’s Oct. 31 motion cites alleged court errors and raises the possibility that jurors witnessed a pen-tossing incident outside the courthouse on Sept. 2.
- Cardi’s lawyers argue the motion rests on hearsay and speculation, noting jurors were instructed to consider only admitted evidence and that no concern was raised at the time.
- The filing defends testimony from Dr. David Finke and receptionist Tierra Malcolm, asserting Ellis knew their identities and that Malcolm testified Ellis later sought her help with a claim.
- A California civil jury cleared Cardi B on Sept. 2 after about an hour of deliberation, and a hearing on Ellis’s motion is scheduled for Dec. 5.