Cardi B Defeats Security Guard’s Request for New Trial

After her resounding victory at a jury trial three months ago, Cardi B prevailed again Friday over the security guard who claimed the Grammy-winning rapper scratched her face with an acrylic fingernail outside a Beverly Hills doctor’s office in 2018.

Los Angeles County Judge Ian Fusselman denied plaintiff Emani Ellis’s bid for a new trial, finding no basis to overturn the unanimous verdict. He rejected Ellis’ claim that two eyewitnesses should have been barred for late disclosure and dismissed the argument that jurors were “intimidated” by Cardi, born Belcalis Almánzar, after she threw a pen outside the courthouse shortly before the Sept. 2 verdict in her favor.

Video shows Almánzar throwing the pen to the ground after YouTube vlogger Donat Ricketts shouted questions at her about her