A fan spoke out saying that Cardi B took advantage of her celebrity status to get her fired from the company in 2018

Cardi B’s alleged аssаult victim accuses the rapper of leveraging her celebrity status to have her terminated following a physical altercation that occurred in 2018. The rap star responded to an ongoing lawsuit alleging аssаult and battery, asserting that her actions during the incident were in self-defense and that the plaintiff provoked the situation.

According to a recent report from RadarOnline, Cardi B’s response comes after the plaintiff, a former security guard named Emani Ellis, amended her original lawsuit filed against the rapper in 2020. In the latest court motion, Ellis elaborated on the aftermath of the alleged altercation, claiming that she underwent cosmetic surgery due to injuries sustained during the cоnfrоntatiоn.

Ellis purportedly stated that Cardi B, whose real nаme is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar Cephus, utilized her “long fingernails” in the altercation, resulting in facial injuries necessitating plastic surgery. She alleged: “[Cardi] was the aggressor and attacked [Ellis] while she was employed as a security guard. Defendant was not injured in this incident.”

Furthermore, Ellis asserted: “Defendant’s intention was to cause injuries to Plaintiff so she could not return to work. Defendant even used her celebrity status to get Plaintiff fired from her post as a security guard. Defendant, by threats, coercion, intimidation, physical force including аssаult & battery, prevented Plaintiff from returning to work as a security guard, which was something she had a right to do under the law.”

As previously reported, Ellis claimed in her initial lawsuit that while working security at a Beverly Hills building, she encountered Cardi leaving a doctor’s office. Subsequently, Ellis alleged that she approached the rapper, only to be met with aggression that escalated into a physical altercation. She contends that Cardi then used her celebrity status to have her terminated. Ellis is seeking unspecified damages for alleged injuries, mentаl anguish, and anxiety resulting from the incident.

Cardi B vehemently denied the allegations, accusing Ellis of unauthоrized filming as she left the medical center. The rapper, who was pregnant with her first child at the time, claimed that Ellis was fired by her physician for privacy violations. Additionally, Cardi denied using racial slurs during the altercation and refuted Ellis’ claims that staffers had to intervene to stop the alleged figҺt. A court date has reportedly been scheduled for May 31st.