Cardi B is walking out of court with her head held high.

The 32-year-old rapper on Sept. 2 was found not liable in a $24 million civil lawsuit from a Beverly Hills security guard who accused Cardi B of assaulting her outside of a doctor's office in 2018.

The outcome was determined in a unanimous decision by a jury in Alhambra, California, located within Los Angeles County's San Gabriel Valley. Emani Ellis' lawsuit, which was first filed in February 2020, alleged Cardi spat on her and scratched her nose during an altercation outside of an obstetrician's office.

The 12-member Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated for less than an hour before reaching a verdict. USA TODAY has reached out to Cardi and Ellis' attorneys for comment.

Cardi, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, has gone viral for her responses during the trial. When asked on the stand whether she was disabled at the moment of the altercation – in which she is accused of using her nail extensions to scratch Ellis' face – Cardi responded, "At that moment, when you're pregnant, I'm very disabled."

"You want me to tell you the things I can't do," she continued, to laughter from the courtroom. "I was pregnant. I couldn't protect myself, even if I wanted to. She's like twice my size."

At the time of the incident, Cardi was pregnant with her and rapper Offset's first child, Kulture. The pair, who have since split, share three children: Kulture, 7, Wave, 3, and Blossom, who is nearly 1.

During the trial, Cardi B testified that she'd never touched the plaintiff but acknowledged cursing at the security guard when Ellis tried to take a video of the singer on her cellphone on her way to an obstetrician visit. At the time, Cardi said she was pregnant but had not yet publicly announced the pregnancy.

Cardi previously admitted that the pair got into an argument and were chest to chest in the hallway, but denied that she assaulted Ellis, fighting back against the security guard's claims for $24 million in damages.

Speaking to reporters after the verdict, Cardi repeated her assertions of innocence, saying, "I did not touch that woman, I did not lay my hands on that girl." She vowed to file a countersuit if she were ever named again as a defendant in a "frivolous lawsuit."

Contributing: Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY; Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway, Reuters

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