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ARTICLE VIEW: | |
Cardi B is bringing her unfiltered self to court and it’s drawing a | |
crowd | |
By Lisa Respers France, CNN | |
Updated: | |
10:48 AM EDT, Sat August 30, 2025 | |
Source: CNN | |
“Ten different looks and my looks all kill,” Cardi B raps on her | |
song, “Money.” | |
By swapping wigs and serving candor, the Grammy-winning artist seems to | |
have done just that during her testimony this week in a civil trial in | |
Los Angeles County. | |
The case stems from a 2018 incident involving plaintiff Emani Ellis, a | |
former building security guard who has sued Cardi B for alleged assault | |
during an interaction between the women in the hallway of a medical | |
office where Ellis was employed. | |
The artist, who was pregnant at the time and on her way to see her | |
obstetrician, has denied the allegation. Ellis is seeking punitive and | |
other damages that include medical expenses for a scratch on her face. | |
Cardi B’s courtroom testimony, which has been by Court TV and | |
recirculated across social media, has brought new attention to the | |
7-year-old case. | |
Fans of Cardi B are far from surprised, as she’s known to be slick | |
with her words both on and off the microphone. | |
Here are three exchanges during the trial that have | |
“You want me to say it to her face?” | |
While being questioned about their interaction, Cardi B was asked to | |
testify about the language she directed toward Ellis, in particular | |
“the F-word.” | |
She didn’t hesitate to recall what she said. | |
“I said b***h get the f**k out my face. Why are you in my face?” | |
Cardi B testified. “Why are you recording me? Ain’t you supposed to | |
be security?” | |
She appeared confused when she was asked to repeat the words to Ellis. | |
“You want me to say it to her face?” Cardi B responded. | |
Her attorney raised an objection to that request, which was sustained | |
by the judge. | |
The hip-hop star testified that though she and Ellis exchanged words in | |
2018, their interaction did not get physical. | |
“She couldn’t get a scratch from me because I didn’t touch | |
her,” Cardi said on the stand in her second day of testimony. | |
“She didn’t touch me,” Cardi said. “She was going to touch me, | |
but she didn’t get to touch me.” | |
“They’re wigs” | |
Cardi B was then-four months pregnant with her first child, daughter | |
Kulture, whom she shares with fellow rapper, Offset. | |
When asked if she was disabled by the pregnancy, Cardi B had a quick | |
response. | |
“At that moment, uh, when you’re pregnant, I’m very disabled,” | |
she responded. “You want me to tell you things I can’t do?” | |
That answer elicited laughter from some of the people in the courtroom. | |
After asking Cardi B if she had “black hair, blonde hair or different | |
color hair” on the date of the alleged incident, Ellis’s attorney | |
asked about her “real hair.” | |
“Yesterday you had black hair, short hair. Today it’s blonde and | |
long. Which one is your real hair? Or are they both real?” the lawyer | |
asked during his cross-examination. | |
Cardi B laughed before she responded, “They’re wigs.” | |
“Okay. Sorry, I didn’t know that. It’s a good wig today, then,” | |
the lawyer replied. | |
“Hello?!?” | |
Cardi B has at times appeared exasperated with the line of questioning. | |
When asked if she was “at a high level of anger” when she and Ellis | |
were allegedly arguing and “chest to chest,” Cardi B testified that | |
she was more at “a high level of concern.” | |
She explained why she was “very concerned” when asked by Ellis’s | |
attorney. | |
“Because I’m pregnant and this girl is about to f**king beat my | |
a**,” “Hello?” | |
The trial is expected to resume next week. | |
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