Cardi B Trial: Security Guard Battering Denial

“Cardi B was facing someone,with all⁤ respect,who testified she was⁤ 240-250 pounds,wearing black military boots,hovering over her,yelling ⁣and screaming at her,taking swings at her,trying to get to her,” he said. “there will be evidence that it was [Ellis] who yelled, ‘I will fuck your shit up.’ That’s ⁤when⁣ someone intevened and dragged [Ellis] to an elevator⁣ and said, ‘You have to leave.'”

Anderson said Almánzar “feared for her unborn baby. This is her⁢ first pregnancy, and a very large woman was advancing towards her.⁤ She was⁢ utterly confused that a security guard could‍ be her attacker.”

Almánzar, 32, is due to testify in the case on Tuesday. As she left the courthouse in Alhambra,California,on Monday,the now mother of three pulled out her phone to FaceTime with her 11-month-old daughter,Blossom.

Ellis first sued Cardi in February 2020. In her 13-page complaint, she claimed Almánzar⁣ physically attacked her and then “used her celebrity status to get [her] fired.” As the trial started⁣ Monday, Ellis and her lawyer said they were dropping the employment claim related to ⁣the alleged plot to get her ‍fired. Almánzar had denied the allegation.

In an April 2018 medical history report previously filed in the case, a psychologist ⁢wrote that the security guard said Almánzar “put her finger⁢ in [Ellis’] face,” in a manner “almost touching [Ellis’] nose.” The psychologist described ⁤the confrontation as ⁤a “screaming match.”

almánzar and her lawyers claim that’s what happened. They admit Almánzar used some strong language, but they’re adamant she never touched Ellis. In his opening,⁤ Anderson described his client as a loving mother of three who grew up in poverty but worked⁤ very hard to become a “critically acclaimed,” self-made superstar.(Almánzar is⁢ set to release her second studio album,‍ Am I the drama?on‍ Sept. 19.)