Cardi B has received once more in opposition to a safety guard who claimed the celebrity scratched her face exterior of a physician’s workplace in Beverly Hills in 2018 — and the Grammy-winning rapper didn’t even want to do something this time.
According to courtroom paperwork obtained by Complex, Los Angeles County Judge Ian Fusselman denied plaintiff Emani Ellis’ request for a brand new trial on Dec. 5, as a result of there’s no foundation to overturn the earlier unanimous ruling.
Judge Fusselman dismissed Ellis’ declare that jurors had been intimidated by the rapper after she threw a pen to the bottom when a YouTuber requested her about her being pregnant exterior of the courthouse. In a video of the scenario, Cardi demanded that vlogger Donat Ricketts “stop disrespecting me.”
At the time, Cardi was secretly pregnant — she hadn’t introduced it but. She’d go on to inform the world about it on Sept. 17.
At Friday’s listening to, Judge Fusselman learn a sworn declaration from Ricketts, who stated that the pen Cardi threw bounced and hit him. Afterward, Rickett advised a juror who approached him that he didn’t plan to sue Cardi.
In filings opposing Ellis’ movement for a brand new trial, Cardi’s authorized crew alleged that the pen didn’t hit anybody, and any suggestion that jurors had been probably intimidated was rumour. The choose agreed.
“We’re speculating about how it impacted them,” stated the choose. “Wouldn’t that tend to help your case, rather than hurt it? Isn’t that why you wanted the jury to find out about it? You came into court and said, ‘I want the jury to know this just happened.’”
Judge Fusselman additionally stated that the decision that jurors gave was primarily based on proof that they paid shut consideration to through the trial.
“They were free to ask any questions or make any comments, and they didn’t,” he stated. “I don’t find that anything outside the courtroom had any impact on the jury’s deliberations.”
On Sept. 2, it solely took jurors an hour to decide that Cardi didn’t assault Ellis. After the decision was learn, Cardi reiterated her declare that she by no means harmed her.
“I swear to God I will say it in my deathbed: I did not touch that woman. I did not touch that girl, I didn’t lay my hands on that girl,” stated Cardi. “With that being said, this time around, I’m gonna be nice. The next person to try to do a frivolous lawsuit against me, I’m going to countersue, and I’m gonna make you pay because this is not OK.”