Cardi B flat-out denied ever laying a hand on safety guard Emani Ellis throughout her testimony Tuesday (August 26) in a Los Angeles courtroom, pushing again in opposition to claims she assaulted Ellis throughout a heated second at an OB/GYN workplace in 2018.
The Bronx-born rapper, who was 4 months pregnant on the time, advised the court docket the confrontation by no means turned bodily and described the state of affairs as “extraordinarily worrying.”
She mentioned she was attempting to maintain her being pregnant personal and felt her private house was being violated.
“[It was] a verbal altercation. She didn’t hit me. I didn’t hit her. There was no contact. So to me it wasn’t no incident,” Cardi advised the court docket.
She admitted to calling Ellis a “b####” however firmly denied spitting on her, utilizing racial slurs or swinging at her.
“Completely not,” she mentioned when requested if she spat on Ellis.
The Grammy winner mentioned the dispute began when she observed Ellis filming her as she entered the medical workplace.
She mentioned she confronted Ellis instantly, asking, “Yo, why are you recording me?” In line with Cardi, Ellis responded, “Cuz I can,” and continued following her.
“Now she’s like in entrance of me the place I can’t even actually maneuver,” Cardi mentioned. “And I’m like, ‘Ain’t you speculated to be safety? Such as you grouped out. You recording me. Now you following me. Like again up.’ And he or she’s like, ‘I may do what I need.’”
Cardi mentioned the 2 ended up “chest to chest” because the argument escalated. “I’m considering to myself like this lady is huge. She’s huge. She acquired b######## boots on,” she mentioned, including that they have been “arguing and cursing” earlier than a receptionist stepped in.
That’s when, in line with Cardi, Ellis started loudly accusing her of hitting her.
Ellis’s lawsuit paints a a lot completely different image. She claims Cardi B struck her within the face, scratched her cheek with lengthy nails, and ordered one other guard to restrain her.
She additionally accuses the rapper of spitting, hurling insults, utilizing racial slurs, and mocking her look and job.
Ellis says the incident left her with emotional trauma, together with anxiousness, despair, PTSD, and insomnia. She is suing for assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery, negligence, and false imprisonment.
The trial continues this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court docket.
