Cardi B testified Tuesday that she by no means touched, scratched or spat at a safety guard who’s suing her over an alleged assault by the pop star outdoors a Beverly Hills obstetrician’s workplace.
The rapper, whose actual identify is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, took the witness stand within the second day of the civil trial in an Alhambra courtroom and vigorously denied assaulting Emani Ellis on Feb. 24, 2018. Cardi B was visiting the Fifth-floor workplace of the obstetrician on the time and was 4 months pregnant together with her first baby.
“It was a verbal incident,” insisted Cardi B. “She didn’t hit me. I didn’t hit her. There was no touching. So, to me, it wasn’t no incident.”
The rapper did say that they went chest to chest within the hallway outdoors the physician’s workplace, and that she referred to as the guard a “b—” as a result of she believed Ellis was recording her with a cellphone.
“Was there spitting?” the safety guard’s lawyer, Ron Rosen, requested.
“Completely not,” Cardi B replied.
“Did you name her the N-word?”
“No,” the performer replied, noting that she considers herself “Afro-Caribbean.”
“Did you are taking a swing at her?” Rosen adopted up.
“No,” replied Cardi B, who insisted it was a “verbal combat. … It didn’t get bodily in any respect.”
Rosen delved into the distinction between a combat and a verbal altercation, asking whether or not he and the pop star have been then having a verbal altercation. Cardi B replied that they have been debating, an announcement that was greeted with laughter within the courtroom.
The lawyer countered, “We’re debating about whether or not you assaulted and battered Ms. Emani Ellis?”
“I suppose so,” replied Cardi B. “However I didn’t contact her. She didn’t contact me.” The recording artist mentioned there have been no movies of the incident.
Ellis filed go well with in 2020, alleging assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery in addition to negligence and false imprisonment.
Ellis, who labored as a safety guard on the constructing the place Cardi B had her medical appointment, mentioned throughout testimony on Monday that she was doing her rounds when she noticed the celeb get off the elevator. She testified that she was overcome with pleasure and declared, “Wow, it’s Cardi B.”
Ellis mentioned the performer then turned to her and mentioned, “Why the f— are you telling individuals you’ve seen me?” Cardi B then accused her of attempting to unfold information about her being on the physician’s workplace, she testified.
Cardi B cursed at her, used the N-word and different slurs, referred to as her names, threatened her job, body-shamed her and mocked her profession, Ellis mentioned. She alleged Cardi B spat on her, took a swing at her and scratched her left cheek with a 2- to 3-inch fingernail.
Cardi B mentioned when she rotated after getting off the elevator, she heard Ellis say her identify after which noticed Ellis together with her cellphone and mentioned, “Why are you recording me?” The performer mentioned the guard mentioned, “My unhealthy,” however continued to observe her and mentioned she had the fitting to observe her.
Cardi B mentioned that they went chest to chest and that she did curse at Ellis however that she by no means touched the guard, who was bodily bigger. When the obstetrician’s receptionist lastly got here out, the guard alleged the singer had hit her — one thing that Cardi B mentioned by no means occurred.
The rapper conceded she by no means noticed proof that Ellis was recording her. She mentioned her appointment was each delicate and confidential; she was seeing a physician due to considerations about her being pregnant, which wasn’t but public.
For the second day of the trial, the rapper — who is thought for her daring model decisions — donned a blond showgirl coiffure that contrasted with the black brief hair she wore throughout the first day of testimony. Underneath questioning, she mentioned they have been each wigs and that she had 1-inch nail extensions.
She refused to concede that she often wore 2- to 3-inch nails, replying that typically she does and typically she doesn’t.
