Rapper Cardi B was cleared of assault Tuesday in a $24 million civil trial in which the star was accused of slashing a woman's face with her fingernails.
A colorful hearing in Los Angeles last week saw the "WAP" artist sporting wildly different wigs and sparring with lawyers, sparking a multitude of viral moments.
A jury in the city threw out claims by plaintiff Emani Ellis that the then-pregnant singer assaulted her while she was on her way to a medical appointment in Beverly Hills in 2018.
Ellis, who is Black, had claimed that Cardi B, who is also Black, shouted racial slurs, spat at her and scratched her face with long fingernails during the altercation.
The "No Limit" star, now 32, had told the court Ellis had aggressively approached her, trying to film her on a phone as she went i