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Cardi B has won her defamation action against YouTuber Latasha Kebe. This isn’t surprising given that Kebe basically admitted in court that she didn’t fact check the allegations she made against the rapper and that she suspected the woman behind many of those claims was a liar.
She posted all those allegations anyway, she admitted, because they generated traffic to her YouTube channel and therefore revenue.Cardi B – real name Belcalis Almanzar – sued Kebe back in March 2019 in relation to various videos the YouTuber posted to her unWinewithTashaK channel which, the rapper claimed, included defamatory statements. Among other things, Kebe said Almanzar “was a prostitute … was a user of cocaine … had and still has herpes … had and still has HPV … engaged in a debasing act with a beer bottle and … committed infidelity”.When fighting efforts by Almanzar to get a summary judgement in her favour, Kebe successfully argued that there was a “genuine dispute of material fact” as to whether the allegations she had made about the rapper were, in fact, “false and defamatory”.
That was in part due to comments previously made by Almanzar herself that possibly suggested some of the claims were true.The YouTuber’s lawyers again presented that argument once the case was before a jury this month, with one legal rep noting in her concluding statement last week that “the plaintiff has built her entire career using the persona of an extremely promiscuous person”.Kebe’s team also stressed that other women had made allegations against Almanzar – including that the rapper had herpes – before their client talked about such things on her YouTube channel. Plus the YouTuber, they added, had investigated the claims, believed them to be true, and
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Cardi B had a big win in court.According to court documents obtained by ET, the 29-year-old rapper was awarded a total of $1.25 million in damages by a federal jury in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, after they found YouTuber Latasha Kebe, who goes by the name of Tasha K, guilty on the claims of defamation, false light, and emotional distress.Additionally on Tuesday, the jury also awarded Cardi $1.5 million in punitive damages and $1,338,753.47 for her legal fees, for a total of over $4 million in the case.Cardi filed her lawsuit in 2019, accusing Kebe of attempting to defame her with dozens of YouTube videos where she made salacious allegations, including that Cardi has herpes.Last week, the «Up» rapper took the stand and revealed in federal court that allegations made Kebe caused her to feel «extremely suicidal.» According to, Cardi testified that she felt «helpless» after Kebe repeatedly continued to make false claims to her nearly one million YouTube followers. As a result, Cardi testified that she developed fatigue, anxiety, weight loss and migraines over the ordeal.«Only an evil person could do that s**t,» Cardi said, with noting that the rapper apologized to the judge for her language.
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“After almost four years of repeated libel and slander against me, being able to walk away from this victorious brings me great happiness,” Cardi B said in a statement to PEOPLE on Jan. 25, after she was awarded nearly $3 million in punitive damages and legal fees in her defamation lawsuit against YouTuber Tasha K. “I appreciate Judge Ray for conducting a fair and impartial trial.” Cardi, 29, also said she was “grateful” for the jury and their “careful deliberation over the past two weeks.”
Cardi B has been awarded $1.25M in damages after filing a lawsuit against celebrity blogger Tasha K who, in 2018, claimed the rapper was a sex worker that used illegal drugs and had a sexually transmitted disease, the New York Times reports. The initial lawsuit by Cardi B was filed in 2019 after Tasha K, the creator behind popular YouTube channel unWinewithTashaK, had posted more than 20 videos in which she spread what the lawsuit described as "malicious rumors." In court on Monday, January 24, a jury found Tasha liable on two counts of slander plus one count each of libel and invasion of privacy.
Cardi B won a libel case against YouTuber and blogger Tasha K – who the rapper accused of leading a “malicious campaign” of posts to taint her reputation – jurors have decided that Cardi should be owed an additional seven-figure sum in punitive damages.Earlier this week, the defendant (real name Latasha Kebe) was found liable for defamation, invasion of privacy and causing emotional distress, after – as Cardi alleged in her initial filing – she made “highly offensive” claims that Cardi cheated on her husband Offset, had herpes and HPV, worked as a sex worker and used cocaine.Cardi’s lawyers successfully argued that the ‘Up’ star had suffered “embarrassment, humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional distress”, with Kebe ordered to pay her $1.25million (£930,000) in general damages and $250,000 (£185,000) for medical expenses.Now, Rolling Stone reports that jurors have hit Kebe with an additional set of penalties, resolving that Cardi will be owed a further $1.5million (£1.1million) in punitive damages. Cardi will also be awarded the full costs of her legal expenses and fees incurred by her attorneys.
Cardi B had a big win in court.
Ethan Shanfeld Cardi B was awarded nearly $3 million in punitive damages and attorneys’ fees on Tuesday in her libel lawsuit against celebrity gossip blogger Tasha K.The award comes on top of the $1.25 million that jurors awarded on Monday, after finding Tasha K, whose real name is Latasha Kebe, liable on counts of defamation, invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress.Cardi B sued Kebe in 2019 over several videos uploaded to her YouTube channel that made harmful claims about the rap artist. Kebe claimed Cardi B contracted herpes, was a prostitute, cheated on her husband, took hard drugs, would give birth to a child with intellectual disabilities and had engaged in lewd acts with beer bottles, among other assertions.
ATLANTA -- A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $1.25 million to Cardi B in a defamation lawsuit against a celebrity news blogger who she says posted videos falsely stating the Grammy-winning rapper used cocaine, had contracted herpes and engaged in prostitution.The jury on Monday found Latasha Kebe, known online as Tasha K, and a company she owns liable for defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the rapper, whose given name is Belcalis Almanzar. Kebe's lawyers said in an email Tuesday that they disagree with the verdict and will file an appeal.The jury awarded Cardi B $1 million in general damages for pain and suffering and/or reputational injury and $250,000 in medical expenses.Kebe, who lives in the Atlanta area, produces, hosts and publishes a YouTube channel called unWinewithTashaK.Kebe began targeting Cardi B in early 2018, making “degrading and harassing statements” about her, the lawsuit says.
Cardi B is reacting to her big win in court. In a statement to ET, the 29-year-old rapper said that coming out victorious in her libel lawsuit against YouTuber Latasha Kebe, who goes by the name of Tasha K, has brought her «great happiness.»According to court docs obtained by ET, Cardi was awarded a total of $1.25 million in damages on Monday, after a federal jury in Atlanta, Georgia, found Kebe liable on the claims of defamation, false light, and emotional distress.«I appreciate Judge Ray for conducting a fair and impartial trial.