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A Los Angeles judge has sided with Cardi B<\/a> and denied Emani Ellis, the security guard who unsuccessfully sued the rapper for assault in September, a new trial.<\/p>\n Ellis previously alleged that Cardi had assaulted her in a hallway of a Beverly Hills obstetrician\u2019s office<\/a>, which the rapper attended while attempting to conceal a pregnancy in 2018. Months ago, Cardi told jurors she made an effort to hide the medical visit because she didn\u2019t want to announce she was expecting her first child with Migos<\/a> and solo star Offset<\/a> at that time, but claimed Ellis was recording her and blew her cover.<\/p>\n While she admitted that the pair got into a \u201cverbal altercation\u201d, she denied that she assaulted Ellis, who alleged her cheek was cut with a three-inch nail and she was spat on, leaving her \u201cdeeply traumatised\u201d.<\/p>\n After deliberating for less than an hour, the jury came to a quick verdict in the rapper\u2019s favour. Following that lawsuit being rejected, Ellis asked for a new trial, arguing that Cardi had \u201cintimidated\u201d jurors by throwing a pen at a reporter while talking to the media.<\/p>\n Cardi\u2019s lawyers called Ellis\u2019 request \u201cbaseless\u201d and \u201cabsurd\u201d, and said it should be \u201crejected out of hand.\u201d At a court hearing on Friday (December 5), Judge Ian C. Fusselman rejected the pen-toss argument and finalised a ruling that denied Ellis a new trial, per Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude31 Cardi B Angrily Throws Pen After Asked About Offset-Stefon Diggs Triangle <\/p>\n \ud83d\udd17 https:\/\/t.co\/MSw0IFP0ib<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/C9tUdzUb78<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) September 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cEven if plaintiff had provided sufficient evidence of these asserted facts,\u201d the judge wrote, \u201cthe court finds unpersuasive the speculation that defendant\u2019s purported action of throwing a pen could have \u2018intimidated\u2019 the jurors into finding against Plaintiff given the nature of Plaintiff\u2019s claims.\u201d<\/p>\n One issue unresolved by Friday\u2019s hearing was regarding the conduct of Ellis\u2019 attorney Rosen Janfaza, who Cardi\u2019s lawyers asked the judge to punish for alleged misconduct during the trial, including by asking the musician on the witness stand if she had any gang affiliations. Judge Fusselman did not decide that issue yesterday, but is expected to do so in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n The September trial spurned several viral clips of Cardi on the witness stand delivering several funny quips<\/a>, often pausing to make bemused faces in her cross-examination and delivering dry one-liners about the alleged incident.<\/p>\n In one video, she was seen being asked how she knew Ellis was physically bigger than her, to which she responded by pointing towards her own eyes. She then flipped her hair over her shoulder with pride and told the courtroom she was \u201c130 pounds at that time\u201d, another line that got a lot of response on social media.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, the attorney questioned how her hair had changed from a cropped black wig the day before to a long blonde and then black wig.<\/p>\n \u201cYesterday you had black hair, short hair. Today it\u2019s blonde and long. Which one is your real hair? Or are they both real?\u201d he asked her.<\/p>\n She laughed before clarifying they were wigs, to which the lawyer responded: \u201cOkay. Sorry, I didn\u2019t know that. It\u2019s a good wig today, then.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time, that line of questioning led many on social media to question the apparent misogynistic and racial undertone of his approach, particularly in light of comments made about her wig and the length of her fake nails.<\/p>\n Cardi B unveils Courtroom Edition vinyl for \u2018AM I THE DRAMA?\u2019 pic.twitter.com\/9sIlXB9uu9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Pop Base (@PopBase) December 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Cardi\u2019s released her latest album \u2018Am I The Drama?\u2019 this year, and it was\u00a0given a two-star review from\u00a0NME<\/em><\/a>, and described as \u201coverstuffed and underwhelming\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cUltimately, \u2018Am I The Drama?\u2019 is palatable enough for a one-time listen, but nothing here demands a replay,\u201d it read. \u201cWhere\u00a0\u2018Invasion of Privacy\u2019<\/a>\u00a0felt fun and feel-good, its follow-up is bloated, derivative and unsure of its own identity. Cardi doesn\u2019t just recycle her past tricks, she half-asses other people\u2019s legacies too, and the result is a bloated, soulless shell that never finds its own voice.\u201d<\/p>\n Cash Cobain<\/a>,\u00a0Janet Jackson<\/a>,\u00a0Kehlani<\/a>,\u00a0Lizzo<\/a>,\u00a0Selena Gomez<\/a>,\u00a0Summer Walker<\/a>,\u00a0Tyla<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Megan Thee Stallion<\/a>\u00a0are all guest features on the new LP.<\/p>\n Ahead of its release, she promoted it in a few unorthodox ways, including\u00a0recording public service announcements for the NYC subway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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