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Cardi B wins $1M defamation suit against gossip blogger, Tasha K – –
American rapper, Cardi B has gained her defamation lawsuit in opposition to gossip blogger and YouTuber, Latasha Kebe, identified popularly on-line as Tasha Okay, and has been awarded $1.25 million in damages.
The jury’s verdict on the twenty fourth of January, 2022 concluded a two-week federal trial throughout which the rapper testified that she had skilled excessive nervousness, melancholy, and suicidal ideation because of Kebe’s claims.
Cardi had taken Kebe to courtroom in 2019 over dozens of movies that includes wild allegations, amongst which was the high- (or low-)gentle that the rapper B “f–ked herself with beer bottles” onstage when she was working as a stripper.
Kebe additionally claimed that Cardi prostituted herself, was hooked on laborious medicine, was untrue to her husband Offset, and had contracted herpes.
Cardi testified final week that she felt “extraordinarily suicidal” over Kebe’s claims. “I felt defeated and depressed and I didn’t wish to sleep with my husband,” she added, chalking up fatigue, weight reduction, migraines and nervousness to the ordeal.
“Solely an evil individual may try this s–t,” Cardi reportedly stated, subsequently apologizing to the courtroom for her language.
Cardi disclosed as effectively that the herpes rumor particularly dogged her on-line, as a few of Kebe’s million-plus followers harassed her over footage of her kissing daughter Kulture on the lips and referred to as her “Herpes B.”
Kebe additionally reportedly admitted in courtroom that she had knowingly printed lies in regards to the rapper, however tried to stroll that assertion again when her attorneys examined her. Finally, jurors sided with Cardi B on all three claims of defamation, invasion of privateness, and intentional infliction of emotional misery.
They allotted $1 million for “basic damages (ache and struggling and/or reputational damage)” and $250,000 for medical bills. Tuesday proceedings will decide whether or not Tasha Okay may also owe extra punitive damages or must pay for Cardi B’s authorized bills.
