LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury gave Cardi B a quick and absolute victory Tuesday at a trial in the lawsuit of a security guard who alleged the rap star assaulted her at a doctor’s office during her then-secret first pregnancy.

Cardi B sits in court as the verdict is read in her civil trial on Sept. 2, 2025. (Michael Blackshire)

The jury of six men and six women at a small courthouse in Alhambra, California, deliberated for only about an hour before finding Cardi not liable in the lawsuit brought by Emani Ellis, who alleged Cardi cut her face with a fingernail and spat on her in the hallway of a Beverly Hills obstetrician in February of 2018.

Only nine of the 12 jurors were required for a verdict in the civil case, but their decision in Cardi’s favor was unanimous.

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