The Cardi B Trial Is the Stuff of Internet Dreams
The rapper (and canned whipped cream entrepreneur) is in court over allegations that she scratched a security guard back in 2018.
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Celebrity court-watching has always been an integral part of pop culture, but in recent years, thanks to folks like Gwyneth Paltrow, they’ve become a fun little exercise of frivolity. If you watched the Goop CEO’s 2023 ski trial in which she was accused of plowing into a 76-year-old retired optometrist, you remember the content.
This week, Cardi B (née Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) has generated a buffet of memes by way of her own trial. The rapper (and canned whipped cream entrepreneur) wound up in court after a security guard Emani Ellis alleged Cardi scratched her cheek in the hallway of a Beverly Hills obstetrician’s office back in 2018. Two years after the alleged assault, Ellis filed a suit against Cardi for assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress as well as negligence and false imprisonment. According to Ellis, she was forced to seek treatment from a plastic surgeon after the alleged attack. Now, she’s seeking $24 million in damages.
For the last two days, Cardi took the stand to offer her perspective of the incident. By her account, the altercation never became physical, but she did admit to a verbal sparring match after Cardi thought Ellis had followed her to the doctor’s appointment and was recording her with her phone. At the time, Cardi B was pregnant with her first child with Offset and had yet to announce the news.