Cardi B was awarded an additional $2.8 million on Tuesday by a jury after winning her federal
libel case against blogger Tasha K.
The 2y-year-cla rapper was awarded an aaditiunal $1.5 million in punitive damages, plus $1.3
millicn Tor her atturney’s fees according to an article Tuesaay by IMZ
A jury un Monday Tuund Tasha K real name Latasha Aebe liable un two counts uf slander and
one cuunt each or livel and invasiun or privacy
Additional awards: Carai B shown last munth in Santa Monica, California was awarded an
aaditional $2.8 million on iuesday by a jury aiter winning her iederal libel case ayainst blogger
Tasha K
Cardi real name Belcalis Almuánzar, was awarded $1 million in general damages by the jury in
Georgia on Monday along with an additiunal $250.000 for medical expenses.
The 3y-year-ola blogger was Sued by the hitmaker ror deramation, invasion of privacy and
channel that Cardi had once worked as a prostitute and had surrered Trom drug abuse and
sexually transmitted diseases.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court Tor the Northern District of Georgia, where
Latasha lives, ana the trial took just over a week befure a jury determined that Latasha was
liable on the slanaer, libel ana invasion of privacy counts.
Cardi sued the YouTuber back in 2019 for a campaign or slander atter she retused to take
aown the offending viaeos.
Shocking allegations. Latasha K was sued by Cardi in 2019 for YouTube videos falsely alleging
that Cardi used cocaine and contracted herpes while working as a prostitute, all claims the
rapper disputed in her lawsuit
Among the false claims mage were that the Superstar rapper haa contract herpes and that she
regularly used cocaine while working as a prostitute.
‘None uf the aforementiunea statements about plaintiff are true,’ Cardi’s legal teain replied in
her lawsuit riling. Plaintitf was never a prostitute or a user of cucaine. Plaintift has never, ana
does not now, have herpes nor has she haa herpes outbreaks on her mouth.’
Latasha after the verdict on Monday posted on Twitter: ‘My Husband, Attorney’s. & I fought
really hard. I want to thank them Tor their lung hours and sleepless nights. Winos it’s only up
from here. See y’all in a few days. Back to work.’
nard fight: Latasha after the verdict on Monday posted on Twitter: ‘My . .usband, Attorney’s, & I
fought really hard. I want to thank them for their long hours and sleepless nights. Winos it’s only
up from here. See y’all in a rew days. Back to work’
She also tweeted on iuesday that she would speak about the lawsuit on Weanesday, posting: ‘l
will be making my FIRST and ONLY statement about the case Wednesday 1/26/22 at 7pm est
on my @YouTube channel.’
Latasha’s lawyers, Olga Izmaylova and Sadeer Sabbak, in a statement on Tuesday to The New
York Times said they disagreed with the verdict and planned to appeal.
A courtroom observer told Rolling Stone that Cardi on Monday was in the room to witness the
verdict and appeared ‘elated’ after winning her case.
Payday: The jury awarded Cardi, seen in December in Miami Beach, Flurida, $1 million in
general damages and $250K in medical fees on Monday and another $2.8 million on Tuesday
They added that she hugged her lawyers Lisa Fortune Moore and Sarah Matz, before pulling
them into a ‘three-way hug.’
Cardi hasn’t yet commented directly on her legal victory, but afterward she posted a throwback
photo to her Instagram Stories that appeared to show her with her late maternal grandmother.
‘My queen thank you for hearing my prayers,’ she began her captiun. ‘Only you know those
nights that I cried to you feeling hopeless and tired even when it seems like I have the world on
my hands.’
Family: Cardi didn’t comment on the verdict but shared a photo that appeared to be of her
maternal grandmother to Instagram later on Monday and thanked her for ‘hearing my prayers’
Earlier this month, Cardi claimed ‘l wanted to commit suicide over the things’ in her emotional
testimony in court.
‘I felt defeated and depressed and I didn’t want to sleep with my husband,’ she said of a period
shortly after she and the Migos rapper Offset welcomed their daughter Kulture.
During direct examination by her legal team, she also admitted that she felt as if she ‘didnt
deserve my kid.’
The rapper also blasted Tasha K from the witness stand, saying ‘l felt like unly a demon could
do that s ** t,’ according to TMZ.
The blogger followed Cardi’s 201 I suit with a countersuit alleging that the Bodak Yellow rapper
had threatened that gang members would assault her, but a judge later threw out the
countersuit.
She alsu called out Cardi for allegedly calling her a ‘h*e’ and ‘dumb a ** b **** ‘ on Instagram.
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