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Yesterday (August 26), rapper Cardi B took the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom for the second day of her civil assault trial stemming from a 2018 incident with security guard Emani Ellis.
Ellis claims the Grammy winner scratched her with long acrylic nails, spat on her, used racial slurs, and ordered another guard to restrain her during an alleged altercation at a Beverly Hills OB-GYN office. She says the encounter caused PTSD, anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
Cardi, who was four months pregnant at the time, denied ever touching Ellis. “It was a verbal incident. She didn’t hit me. I didn’t hit her. There was no touching...”
The "Bodak Yellow" singer denied touching Ellis; however, she admitted that she called her the B word because she thought the guard was filming her.
The trial took an unexpected turn when Ellis’ attorney focused on Cardi’s changing looks. After arriving in court Monday with a short black wig and Tuesday with long blonde hair, Cardi was asked whether either style was her real hair. Laughing, she clarified, “They’re wigs.”
Her acrylic nails also became a topic of questioning, with the attorney probing their length and shape to suggest they could have caused injuries. Cardi explained her nail routine but firmly denied ever scratching Ellis.
Cardi is now trending not just for her wig but for her identity?
When questioned about her identity, Cardi responded: “I consider myself Afro-Caribbean.”
The statement has resurfaced past comments she made in August 2019 during an Instagram Live session, where she clarified her background. At the time, she explained: “I’m not Mexican at all. I’m West Indian, and I’m Dominican. I speak Spanish because I’m Dominican.”
She also stressed that being light-skinned does not erase her Black identity, saying her features reflect her Afro roots: “They always wanna race-bait when it comes to me… I have Afro features.”
Proceedings are set to continue later this week as testimony wraps up and both sides prepare closing arguments in Los Angeles Superior Court.