The security guard who failed to convince a jury Cardi B assaulted her outside a Beverly Hills doctor’s office is asking for a new trial – but Cardi’s lawyers are blasting the request as “absurd” and “entirely frivolous.”
In a withering response filed late Wednesday, lawyers for the “Outside” rapper wrote that Ellis “fails to establish any permitted grounds” for a new trial in her motion filed Oct. 31. They said her request was based on “patently false” allegations ranging from “gratuitous” to “complete fiction.” Urging the court to reject it, they argued “speculation, knowingly false statements, and inaction are not grounds for a new trial.”
Ellis’ lawyer, Ron Rosen Janfaza, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. In his motion, he claimed his client deserves

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