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Cardi B awarded $1.25 million in libel lawsuit against Tasha K… blogger to cough up over $4MILLION after she’s found GUILTY of peddling false claims that the rapper worked as a drug addicted prostitute

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;635555"><strong>Cardi B awarded &dollar;1&period;25 million in federal libel lawsuit against Latasha Kebe&comma; aka Tasha K after the rapper testified she was suicidal over blogger&&num;8217&semi;s false claims that she worked as a prostitute <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;635555"><strong>A jury awarded Cardi B a victory on Monday in her lawsuit against Latasha K <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;635555"><strong>The 29-year-old rapper sued the blogger for calling her a prostitute <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;635555"><strong>Latasha K also alleged that Cardi contracted STIs while working as a prostitute <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;635555"><strong>She was ordered to pay the musician &dollar;1 million in general damages <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;635555"><strong>Latasha K will also ordered Monday to pay &dollar;250K for medical expenses as Cardi had claimed in court that the blogger&&num;8217&semi;s claims left her feeling suicidal <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;635555"><strong>At Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s hearing the jurors further awarded Cardi every penny of the expenses and attorneys fees she requested&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;635555"><strong>Combined with the &dollar;1&period;25 million in actual damages awarded with Monday’s verdict in the case&comma; the total compensation that Kebe and her company Kebe Studios should pay now tops &dollar;4 million<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;635555"><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We disagree with the verdict&comma; and we will be filing an appeal&comma;” Kebe’s lawyer Sadeer Sabbak said in a statement Tuesday<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;Cardi-B5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-398580" width&equals;"834" height&equals;"595"&sol;><figcaption><strong>A Georgia court Monday awarded rapper Cardi B&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb; &dollar;1&period;25 million in her libel suit against blogger Tasha K&comma; who falsely claimed she was a prostitute and drug addict in Santa Monica&period; Cardi sued Tasha&comma; back in 2019 when the Youtuber refused to pull her severely damaging posts&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Award winning artiste Cardi B emerged victorious in her federal libel lawsuit against blogger Tasha K on Monday&period;<br>The multi-Grammy winning rapper was awarded &dollar;1 million in general damages by a jury in Georgia&comma; along with an additional &dollar;250&comma;000 that the 39-year-old Youtuber will be required to pay for medical expenses&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;24&sol;cardi-b-wins-libel-case-lawsuit-trial-blogger-tasha-k&sol;">TMZ<&sol;a> reported on Monday&period; <br>On Tuesday Jurors handed Cardi B another resounding win in her defamation victory over Latasha Kebe&comma; deciding the celebrity blogger and her company should pay the rapper &dollar;1&period;5 million in punitive damages&period; <br>The jurors also awarded Cardi every penny of the expenses and attorneys fees she requested&period; <br>Combined with the &dollar;1&period;25 million in actual damages awarded with Monday’s verdict in the case&comma; the total com<br>We disagree with the verdict&comma; and we will be filing an appeal&comma;” Kebe’s lawyer Sadeer Sabbak said in a statement Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;Cardi-B-left-and-Latasha-K-right-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-398577" width&equals;"850" height&equals;"631"&sol;><figcaption><strong>No Remorse&colon; After her huge legal loss to Cardi B &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; defendant Tasha K &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; tweeted about the verdict&comma; saying &&num;8220&semi;My Husband&comma; Attorney’s&comma; &amp&semi; I fought really hard&period; I want to thank them for their long hours and sleepless nights&period; Winos it’s only up from here&period; See y’all in a few days&period; Back to work&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Back in 2019&comma; hugely talented musician Cardi B &comma; born Belcalis Almánzar&comma; 29&comma; sued blogger Latasha Kebe&comma; aka Tasha K&comma; for defamation&comma; invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress after claiming in videos posted in 2018 and 2019 to her YouTube channel that Cardi had once worked as a prostitute and had suffered from drug abuse and sexually transmitted diseases&comma; in a systemic smear campaign which the victim described as a &&num;8216&semi;campaign of slander&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>The trial took a just over a week before a jury found Tasha K liable on three counts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"VideoPress Video Player" aria-label&equals;'VideoPress Video Player' width&equals;'620' height&equals;'347' src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;embed&sol;AjH2Mna7&quest;cover&equals;1&amp&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&amp&semi;hd&equals;0' frameborder&equals;'0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent&equals;"true" allow&equals;'clipboard-write'><&sol;iframe><script src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;v0&period;wordpress&period;com&sol;js&sol;next&sol;videopress-iframe&period;js&quest;m&equals;1674852142'><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption><strong>Earlier this month&comma; Cardi claimed &&num;8216&semi;I wanted to commit suicide over the things&&num;8217&semi; in her emotional testimony in court&period;<&sol;strong> <&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Among the claims made were that the A-lister rapper regularly used cocaine while working as a prostitute&period; Tasha also claimed that Cardi was unfaithful to her husband Offset&comma; and had contracted herpes&period; Worse the youtuber in some of the dozens of videos featuring wild allegations&comma; alleged that the rapper &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;f–ked herself with beer bottles” onstage when she was working as a stripper&period; <br>In court all of the defendant&&num;8217&semi;s allegations were proven to be false&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;None of the aforementioned statements about plaintiff are true&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Cardi&&num;8217&semi;s legal team replied in her lawsuit filing&period; &&num;8216&semi;Plaintiff was never a prostitute or a user of cocaine&period; Plaintiff has never&comma; and does not now&comma; have herpes&comma; nor has she had herpes outbreaks on her mouth&period;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;Latasha-Kebe-akavLatasha-K-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-398567" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"1025"&sol;><figcaption><strong>When trying to cash in on another&&num;8217&semi;s fame failed&colon; Latasha Kebe &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was sued by Cardi B in 2019 for YouTube videos falsely alleging that Cardi was unfaithful in her marriage&comma; used cocaine and contracted herpes while working as a prostitute&comma; all claims the rapper successfully disputed in her lawsuit<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The damage on Tasha K&&num;8217&semi;s pocket book got deeper after the judge presiding said a hearing the next day &lbrack;Tuesday would determine what she might have to pay in punitive damages to the WAP rapper&comma; as well as how much she would pay in attorneys fees&period;  Ultimately the cumulative restitution amounted to well over &dollar;4million&period;<br>Rolling Stone <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rollingstone&period;com&sol;music&sol;music-news&sol;cardi-b-1-25-million-defamation-lawsuit-victory-tasha-k-1290026&sol;">reports<&sol;a> that Cardi was in the room on Monday to witness that verdict and appeared &&num;8216&semi;elated&&num;8217&semi; after winning her case&period; <br>She was seen hugging her attorneys Lisa Fortune Moore and Sarah Matz&comma; before pulling them into a &&num;8216&semi;three-way hug&period;&&num;8217&semi;  <br>Afterward she posted a throwback photo to her Instagram Stories that appeared to show her with her late maternal grandmother&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;My queen thank you for hearing my prayers&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she began her caption&period; &&num;8216&semi;Only you know those nights that I cried to you feeling hopeless and tired even when it seems like I have the world on my hands&period;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;Cardi-B-3-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-398576" width&equals;"834" height&equals;"1221"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The jury awarded Cardi &dollar;1 million in general damages and &dollar;250K in medical fees&comma; but a hearing to come on Tuesday could also see her getting additional punitive damages&semi; seen in December in Miami Beach&comma; Florida <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;Udi2QomF8jA" title&equals;"YouTube video player" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Clout chasers peddle falsehood&colon; In the face of Cardi requesting that her detractor take down the hurtful videos&comma; Tasha K and and Cardi&&num;8217&semi;s one time &&num;8216&semi;friend&&num;8217&semi; Starmarie posted a video together making more allegations of STDs&comma; prostitution and gang membership against the rapper<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;Latasha-Kebe-aka-Tasha-K-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-398579" width&equals;"846" height&equals;"464"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Latasha K&comma; whom Cardi called a &&num;8216&semi;demon&&num;8217&semi; on the witness stand&comma; filed a countersuit alleging that Cardi threatened to have gang members assault her&comma; but a judge threw it out in 2021&period; Furthermore the judge said on Tuesday&comma; any potential punitive damages Tasha might owe Cardi will be determined in a future hearing&comma; bring her total reinstitution to &dollar;4million&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Earlier this month&comma; Cardi claimed &&num;8216&semi;I wanted to commit suicide over the things&&num;8217&semi; in her emotional testimony in court&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I felt defeated and depressed and I didn&&num;8217&semi;t want to sleep with my husband&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she said of a period shortly after she and the rapper husband Offset welcomed their daughter Kulture&period;<br>During direct examination by her legal team&comma; she also admitted that she felt as if she &&num;8216&semi;didn&&num;8217&semi;t deserve my kid&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>The rapper also blasted Latasha K from the witness stand&comma; saying &&num;8216&semi;I felt like only a demon could do that s&ast;&ast;t&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;13&sol;cardi-b-testifies-suicidal-libel-trial-tasha-k-blogger&sol;">TMZ<&sol;a>&period;<br>The blogger followed Cardi&&num;8217&semi;s 2019 suit with a countersuit alleging that the Bodak Yellow rapper had threatened that gang members would assault her&comma; but a judge later threw out the countersuit&period;  <br>She also called out Cardi for allegedly calling her a &&num;8216&semi;h&ast;e&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;dumb a&ast;&ast; b&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&&num;8217&semi; on Instagram&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;Cardi-B-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-398564" width&equals;"835" height&equals;"1208"&sol;><figcaption><strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;After almost four years of repeated libel and slander against me&comma; being able to walk away from this victorious brings me great happiness'&&num;8221&semi; Cardi said in a statement after Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s victory <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">After Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s resounding victory&comma; a triumphant Cardi&comma; in a statement said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;After almost four years of repeated libel and slander against me&comma; being able to walk away from this victorious brings me great happiness&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;During this trial&comma; all of you have learned about the darkest time in my life&period; That moment in time was fueled by the vile&comma; disgusting&comma; and completely false narratives that were repeatedly and relentlessly being shared online&period; I thought I would never be heard or vindicated and I felt completely helpless and vulnerable&comma;” she wrote&period;<br>Highlighting the helplessness felt by many victims of cyberbullying Cardi added&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have never taken for granted the platform that my fame allows me to have&comma; which is why for over three years I dedicated every resource I had to seek justice&period; And not just justice for me&period; T<br>&&num;8220&semi;he truth is that the intentional harm that was done to me&comma; is done to countless others every day&period; The only difference between me and the high schooler who is being cyberbullied and lied on by their classmates is the money and resources I have access to&period; We collectively have to say enough is enough&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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