Cardi B tells court she did not scratch and spit on security guard

Cardi B has informed a courtroom she didn’t assault a safety guard who’s suing her for assault.Emani Ellis claims the US rapper lower her cheek with a 3in (7.5cm) fingernail and spat on her throughout an altercation exterior an obstetrician’s workplace in Los Angeles in 2018, leaving her “deeply traumatised”.Cardi B informed a civil trial on Tuesday that Ms Ellis had filmed and adopted her towards her will when she arrived for an appointment a couple of being pregnant that was not but public information.The star mentioned she confronted Ms Ellis however denied assaulting her. “I did not contact her,” mentioned the rapper. “It was like a verbal combat, however it did not get bodily in any respect.”The Bodak Yellow and I Like It rapper informed jurors that when she stepped out of an elevator, Ms Ellis, who was working as a safety guard within the constructing, informed somebody on the cellphone that she was there, then adopted her down a hallway.The performer, whose actual title is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, added that Ms Ellis appeared to file her on her cellphone, invaded her privateness and refused to “again up”, earlier than a face-to-face “verbal altercation” ensued.She admitted shouting an obscenity at Ms Ellis whereas telling her to “get out of my face”, including: “We’re actually screaming at one another.”Her lawyer famous how the star had “feared for her unborn child” and in addition accused Ms Ellis of getting “modified your story”.Ms Ellis earlier informed the courtroom she mentioned the rapper’s title out of pleasure when she noticed her, however did not inform anybody she was there and did not movie her.Ms Ellis claims the rapper accused her of attempting to unfold information about her being on the physician’s workplace, then hurled insults and threats, and attacked her.A plastic surgeon testified that he had handled Ms Ellis for a “hyper-sensitive” scar on her cheek, “most probably” attributable to fingernails, after first inspecting her in 2022.Ms Ellis sued the star in 2020 for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery in addition to negligence and false imprisonment.