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.)