Cardi B Wins Security Guard Lawsuit| Crime Alert 3PM 09.03.25

Cardi recounted that Emani Ellis, who worked as a security guard in the building, followed her to her appointment on the fifth floor. During her testimony, Cardi claimed she overheard Ellis mentioning her name into a phone and suspected that she was filming her.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now, I'm Nicole Parton.
A jury has delivered a swift and decisive verdict in
favor of Cardi B during a trial concerning a lawsuit
filed by a security guard who claimed the rapper assaulted
her at a doctor's office while she was pregnant. The
proceedings took place in a small courthouse in California, where

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the jury deliberated for just about an hour before concluding
that Carti was not responsible for the allegations made by
Imani Ellis. Ellis had accused Cardi B of scratching her
face with a nail and spitting on her in the
hallway of a Beverly Hills obgyn office in February twenty eighteen.

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Carti testified that her pregnancy was not known to the
public at that time, and she feared that Ellis might
disclose it. Although she admitted to having an argument with Ellis,
she insisted that she never escalated that to a physical altercation.
Her testimony, which was broadcast live over two days last week,
garnered significant attention. After a brief recess, the trial resumed

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on Tuesday with closing arguments and the jury receiving the case.
In the early afternoon, after the verdict was handed down,
Cardi B spoke to reporters.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
I'm not even playing around, even if I'm in my deathbed,
I swear to God, I will say it in my
death bed. I did not touch that woman. I did
not touch that girl. I didn't lay my hands on
that girl. And with that being said, with that being said,
this time around, I'm gonna be nice. The next person

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to try to do a frivolous lawsuit against me, I'm
going to counter sooon and I'm gonna make you pay
because this is not okay. I think people have like
this misinterpretations of celebrities like I said, oh well, we
could ask for this and they're gonna settle. You don't
work at home, and you don't work all day, and
you don't work for your money give out your money.

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So don't ever think that I'm just gonna give you
my money that I work hard for. I don't lay
in bed all day. I work all day, and I
work hard for my money, for my kids and for
people I take care of. So don't you ever think
that you're gonna sue me and I'm just gonna settle
and I am not that select that you're gonna sue.
And you think it's gonna settle, I'm not gonna settle.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
According to Carti, she was in Los Angeles for promotional
activities during February twenty eighteen, coinciding with that year's NBA
All Star Game, and she was four months pregnant with
her first child with Rapper Offset. While she had confided
to her close friends about her pregnancy, she had not
shared the news with the public or her parents, and

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the OBGYNS office was closed to other patients that Saturday
to ensure her privacy. Carti recounted that Ellis, who worked
as a security guard in the building, followed her to
an appointment on the fifth floor. During her testimony, Carti
claimed she overheard Ellis mention her name into a phone
and suspected that she was filming her. I ask her,

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why are you recording, Carti said in court, to which
Ellis responded, oh, my bad, seemingly apologetic. However, the confrontation intensified,
according to Carti, as we argued she was backing me up,
walking toward me, Carti explained. In contrast, Ellis testified that
the encounter left her feeling humiliated and traumatized, resulting in

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a scar on her face that required cosmetic surgery. Ellis,
who claimed she lost her job due to the incident,
sought damages for medical cost, emotional and physical suffering, lost wages,
and punitive damages. Though she did not specify an exact
amount in the lawsuit, Carti noted from the witness stand
that Ellis was quote suing me for twenty four million dollars.

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A receptionist who intervened during the altercation largely cooborated Carti's
version of the events in her testimony or Crime in
Justice news after this, A father from New York has
been arrested outside a posh hotel in Florida for allegedly

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smoking marijuana in his car with a woman while his
two year old son remained unattended in the back seat.
According to police reports, Philip Fraser, thirty six, of New
York and Casey Buckman, twenty seven, were reportedly discovered at
the Clevelander Hotel in Miami Beach's Art Deco district on
Sunday evening. The couple was parked in the valet area

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of ten twenty Ocean Drive, where officers observed him consuming
tequila and smoking cannabis inside the car. The child present
was identified as Fraser's son. Authorities noted that the car
was filled with marijuana smoke, a practice commonly referred to
as hot boxing. A sizable clear bag of marijuana was

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reportedly discovered beneath the driver's seat, along with a firearm
located in the glove compartment. Fraser, a convicted felon, was
said to be within arm's reach of the gun. According
to police. His criminal record includes a previous conviction for
illegal possession of a weapon. When officers arrived on the scene,
Fraser was seen exiting the car and leaving Buckman with

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the child, but he later returned and was taken into custody.
Both Fraser and Buckman are facing charges of child abuse. Additionally,
Buckman has been charged with marijuana possession, while Fraser faces
an extra charge for being a felon in possession of
a firearm. After entering not guilty please on Tuesday, they
requested public defenders. According to court documents, both individuals have

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asked for a jury trial and are currently being held
at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. On an eight
thousand dollars bond. No court dates have been set. The
child was removed from their care and placed with a
family member. Police in Colorado Springs, Colorado, or asking for
the public's help and locating two missing teens. Fifteen year

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old Sofia Sortkin and thirteen year old Mia Gill were
posted to social media by police. Both were seen getting
into a car just before three am near the sixty
two hundred block of Adamant's Drive on the northeast side
of the city. They were spotted getting into a vehicle
described as a two thousand and two white Buick Sedan

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license plate number d k v J sixty six. The
police posted to x Sofia is described as a white
female five three weighing about one hundred and fifty pounds.
Mia is described as a white female five to four
about one hundred and sixty pounds. Police believe they left
with someone they met online, and police feared the girls

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are in danger. If you see them or have any
information regarding their whereabouts. Anyone with information is asked to
call seven one nine or four four seven thousand for
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Nichol Carton,