Cardi B made a daring courtroom entrance with a modern pixie minimize as her trial started over allegations she assaulted a safety guard in Beverly Hills.

Cardi B arrived at a Los Angeles courtroom Monday (August 25) with a pointy black pixie minimize and tailor-made jacket as jury choice and testimony started in her civil assault trial.

The rap star is being sued by a former safety guard named Emani Ellis, who accuses Cardi B of bodily assaulting her with out provocation. Ellis alleges the rapper struck her within the head, face and physique, spat on her, and used racial slurs, as a result of she thought Ellis was recording her.

She additionally claims Cardi B’s safety guard assaulted her and that the rapper tried to erase video proof of the encounter.

The Grammy-winning rapper, recognized for her daring trend selections, stepped away from her common glam in favor of a minimalist Nineteen Sixties-inspired look. Her hair was cropped shut with a rounded fringe, paired with a dramatic cat-eye and understated diamond studs.

The ensemble was completed with a darkish structured blazer, giving her a commanding presence as she sat attentively listening to the testimony of Emani Ellis.

Ellis took the stand with emotional testimony. She told jurors that Cardi B approached her during a 2018 incident at a Beverly Hills medical office.

“The whole incident was super traumatizing for me. She did a lot that day,” Ellis stated. She additionally acknowledged that Cardi B by no means apologized.

Ellis claimed she suffered facial scars from the altercation, allegedly brought on by Cardi B’s fingernails. She stated she didn’t take pictures of her accidents as a result of she was upset and didn’t initially plan to sue.

Ellis testified that she started remedy two months after the incident and located it useful. She denied filming or recording Cardi B earlier than the confrontation and insisted she had no facial scars earlier than the alleged assault.

Cardi B has denied making any bodily contact with Ellis and claims Ellis was the aggressor who tried to report her. The rapper acknowledged a verbal dispute however stated it was temporary and escalated solely after Ellis tried to movie her.

In a tweet that was shortly deleted, Cardi stated, “Why don’t you guys post the part where the doctor’s office said that that’s not what happen? and if I assaulted why she didn’t press charges? Why would I put my hands on some1 twice my size by myself while I’m experiencing sharp pain 4 months pregnant?”

Ellis is in search of damages for medical prices, misplaced earnings, emotional misery and a civil penalty. Cardi B is predicted to testify in the course of the trial, which resumes Tuesday, August 26.

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