SAEDNEWS: During testimony in a $24 million civil suit, Cardi B denied physically assaulting security guard Emani Ellis and offered a string of vivid, meme-ready answers about her wigs, nails and pregnancy that have dominated social feeds.
According to Saed News, the Los Angeles-area civil trial centers on a 2018 hallway confrontation outside an obstetrician’s office in which Ellis says Cardi B scratched her cheek with a fingernail and spat at her; Cardi B has repeatedly denied any physical contact, insisting the encounter was verbal and that she feared for her unborn child.
Under oath, the rapper (Belcalis Almánzar) told jurors she never touched Ellis and stressed that, pregnant at the time, she avoided physical escalation. That testimony follows Ellis’s claim that a scratch required later cosmetic treatment. The exchange has been a central factual divide in the case.
A brief, widely shared courtroom moment drew attention when an attorney asked which hairstyle was Cardi B’s “real hair” — she replied they were wigs — and then questioned her about acrylic nails. The colloquial, sometimes comic back-and-forth has fueled millions of social clips and debate over whether the line of questioning was relevant or tone-policing.
Legal observers note celebrity trials play out differently in the social era: real-time clips shape public impressions even as the jury considers evidence. Ellis is seeking $24 million; the case is expected to wrap in the coming days as both sides press for credibility with jurors.
