Cardi B Cleared Of The Assault!

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If I worked in a business and a celebrity comes in, here's what I would do:

• Treat them just like everyone else.
• Make sure their privacy is respected.
• Never harass them for pictures or autographs unless they are doing it willingly.
• Never take pictures of them or their children without permission.
• Never sabotage food, drinks or electronics.
• Mind my business and keep it moving.
• Never discuss it during work hours.

Even a celebrity must have a moment of privacy. When Cardi B went to a doctor to confirm a pregnancy, a security officer took a picture of her. Now Cardi is a person who doesn't mind having her picture taken. But when it comes to her children and her personal health, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar is not going to make that a picture worth a thousand bucks.

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The security officer was fired for that. The former officer claimed that Cardi was aggressive towards her. She said that she suffered a minor injury and emotional distress. She sued the entertainer for $25 million.

The civil trial that sparked a flurry of viral moments that captivated internet audiences, a jury Tuesday cleared rapper Cardi B of any legal liability after she was accused of assaulting a security guard in 2018.

The jury in Los Angeles found that the security guard did not prove the elements of assault, negligence or emotional distress. Cardi B, wearing a black outfit with white dots and a red bow, made a sign of the cross after the jury read its conclusions.

"I'm not even playing around. Even if I'm at my death bed, I swear to God, I will say it at my death bed — I did not touch that woman," Cardi told reporters outside court after the verdict was read.

Cardi B was sued by a former security guard who worked at a Beverly Hills building in 2018 when she was pregnant with her first child. The guard, Emani Ellis, alleged that Cardi spat on her and scratched her nose with a fingernail during a verbal altercation.

Cardi, the "Bodak Yellow" rapper, has denied the allegations. During her testimony last week, she alleged that Ellis followed her to the floor of her obstetrician's office and seemed to be recording her.

Cardi being herself.

They got into a heated confrontation, both women testified.

Cardi testified that she felt concerned as she was pregnant and the woman, whom she described as "security heavy," was bigger than her. Though she admitted to using some profane language, Cardi denied ever laying hands on Ellis.

"She couldn’t get a scratch from me because I didn’t touch her,” she said.

Ellis told the court that the incident traumatized her and that she required a cosmetic procedure because of the scarring from the alleged assault. She also lost her job over the incident, Ellis said.

Dr. David Finke, whom Cardi was going to see that day, testified that it was he who reported Ellis to their practice administrator over the incident. He told the court that he was in his office when he heard yelling.

When he came out, Finke said, he saw his receptionist standing between Ellis and Cardi before he intervened. He addressed Ellis as he tried to de-escalate the situation, Finke told the court, by telling her to "stop" and "do your job."

He never saw Cardi assault Ellis, Finke testified. His receptionist, Tierra Malcolm, also told the court that she did not see a physical fight between the women.

No one else was in the doctor's office that day because it had closed the office early that Saturday afternoon for Cardi's privacy, according to court testimony.

Cardi’s attorney, Peter Anderson, told jurors in closing arguments that Ellis failed to prove her case under the law.

“Arguing, yelling, even using profanity is not something you can sue over,” he said. “That’s just part of normal life.”

The former security officer should have not taken that picture. She lost her job and is on the hook for Cardi B's legal fees.

The jury deliberated for less than an hour Tuesday.

Among the spectacles that captured interest online was Cardi's hair, which she explained in court were wigs. She even seemed to confuse an attorney in the courtroom after she swapped a short black wig for a long blond one.

"I’m telling you guys, when I say that my forehead is raw from changing all these wigs — raw. Raw, raw, raw,” Cardi told reporters outside court after the verdict.

Ellis said that despite the outcome, she was not disappointed and does not regret bringing the case.

"I don’t think that it reflects the truth, but I’m not disappointed," she told reporters after the verdict. "We know that the justice system is sometimes flawed, and unfortunately that was the case for me."

"More importantly, it's about accountability," Ellis said. "I had my day in court, I showed up, I held my head high."