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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Things got heated extracurricular of the courtroom for Cardi B's battle proceedings on Tuesday arsenic she threw a pen astatine a antheral who asked a "disrespectful" question astir her relationship.
Attorneys for Cardi B and the information defender presented their closing arguments connected Tuesday, and the assemblage came to a speedy verdict successful the civilian trial, deliberating for little than an hour. The assemblage found Cardi B not liable. The rapper volition not person to wage immoderate monetary compensation to the information guard.
The Grammy award-winning creator was seen walking retired of the Alhambra courthouse during the luncheon break, signing albums for fans, erstwhile 1 idiosyncratic asked the pursuing question.
"Cardi, insiders are claiming Offset is publically bragging astir getting you large for the 4th time. Do you foresee immoderate paternity issues with Steffon Diggs?" the antheral asked.
"Stop disrespecting me," Cardi said arsenic she tossed a pen handed to her for autographs astatine the man. 'Don't disrespect me."
"I inactive emotion you adjacent though you conscionable threw immoderate worldly astatine me," the antheral shouted.
"I don't care. You're disrespectful. Don't bash that. Do you spot women asking those benignant of questions to me?" Cardi replied. "Why bash you feel, arsenic a man, you get to inquire maine those benignant of questions? Act similar you person immoderate manners. Your momma taught you, respect women."
Cardi B is denying accusations that she assaulted a pistillate years ago.
The rapper, whose existent sanction is Belcalis Almanzar, donned a achromatic and achromatic polka dot suit astatine the Alhambra courthouse connected Tuesday for closing arguments.
She was sued by Emani Ellis, a information defender who claims the rapper deed her, scratched her look and spat connected her astatine a Beverly Hills aesculapian bureau successful 2018. Ellis claims the rapper's agelong fingernails caused cuts connected her look that required integrative surgery.
Cardi says she was large astatine the clip and was keeping it a concealed - and that Ellis was signaling her.
She claims the information defender recorded her entering the OB-GYN's bureau without her consent, and if determination was immoderate confrontation, determination was nary assault, and she didn't interaction the information guard.
The rapper's grounds of that time went viral online. She was asked connected the basal if she had been angry.
"Yes, I was angry!" Because I'm pregnant!" Cardi replied. "And this girl's astir to bushed my a**!"
Ellis, who mislaid her occupation implicit the incident, is seeking damages that see aesculapian expenses, compensation for affectional and carnal suffering, and mislaid wages, on with punitive damages. She does not specify a full magnitude successful the lawsuit, but Cardi said from the basal that she is "suing maine for $24 million."
On Tuesday, earlier the verdict was reached, Ellis's lawyer asked the assemblage to broadside with the information defender and grant her hundreds of thousands of dollars, portion besides calling Cardi's usage of profanity disrespectful.
"The suspect came here, utilized each of this foul language. This is simply a tribunal of law, you cannot talk this mode successful court. I person ne'er seen this before. It's a disrespect to america and a disrespect to the judge, courthouse," lawyer Ron Rosen Janfaza said.
Cardi B's lawyer said the profanity was utilized to picture what happened that time successful February of 2018. They besides said determination are inconsistencies successful Ellis' grounds astir the scar connected her feature and asked the assemblage to "use communal sense" and broadside with Cardi.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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