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Key Takeaways:

• A concertgoer is suing Cardi B for battery, claiming that the rapper hit her with a microphone throughout a 2023 Las Vegas present.
• The case is civil, not legal, and was filed after Cardi B was cleared of expenses associated to the identical incident.
• The “Bodak Yellow” artist’s authorized staff calls the lawsuit a “pitiful attempted financial shakedown” and says the matter was already resolved.

The viral microphone incident from Cardi B’s performance at Drai’s Beachclub is coming again to hang-out her legally. On Monday (July 21), a concertgoer, recognized solely as Jane Doe, filed a grievance alleging that the rapper’s actions in the course of the Las Vegas altercation triggered “severe emotional distress, shock, humiliation, and physical injury” in addition to “reputational and emotional harm.” Doe is suing Cardi B for assault, battery and negligence.

Fans may recall somebody throwing a drink on the hitmaker whereas she was performing “Bodak Yellow.” Footage circulating on-line — although it’s unclear if it was filmed earlier than or after she threw her microphone into the group — captured Cardi B encouraging the group, “Splash me down. That s**t feels good.” Afterward, although, she appeared to handle somebody particularly: “I said my p**sy, not my face.”

According to authorized paperwork obtained by People, Doe alleges the Grammy Award-winning musician “demonstrated her consent and participation by pouring water from a bottle over her body while onstage.” The submitting additionally claims she “physically reacted to splashes by slapping her posterior while audience-thrown liquids made contact with her.”

“In apparent anger and without warning, Cardi B suddenly and forcefully threw her microphone directly at [the] plaintiff,” Doe’s legal professionals continued. The concertgoer says that, along with bodily harm, she confronted emotional misery from the incident going viral and the microphone being auctioned off on eBay for almost $100,000.

The girl can be suing Drai’s Management Group for negligence, claiming the venue’s safety staff didn’t step in or attempt to de-escalate the state of affairs. The lawsuit additional notes that Cardi B threw a microphone at a DJ throughout a separate altercation simply the night time earlier than, which, in response to the plaintiff, ought to’ve raised pink flags.

The Invasion of Privacy artist’s authorized staff has already responded. Attorney Drew Findling advised People, “The filing of a civil case against Ms. Almanzar [Cardi B] regarding the two-year-old microphone incident is a transparent and pitiful attempted financial shakedown. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Clark County District Attorney’s Office closed this matter for insufficient evidence a long time ago, but apparently the opportunity to try to make money off of a celebrity was too much for some willing law firm to pass up.”