Cardi B told a federal jury in Georgia Thursday (Jan. 13) that she felt “extremely suicidal” in the wake of allegedly false claims spread about her by a prominent YouTube channel as part a “malicious campaign” to hurt the rapper’s reputation.
Cardi B told a federal jury in Georgia Thursday (Jan. 13) that she felt “extremely suicidal” in the wake of allegedly false claims spread about her by a prominent YouTube channel as part a “malicious campaign” to hurt the rapper’s reputation.
Taking the witness stand during the fourth day of a trial against YouTuber Latasha Kebe, the “WAP” artist offered emotional testimony to her own attorneys about the toll taken by the blogger’s allegedly defamatory posts, which included claims that the star had herpes and another about a shocking incident with a beer bottle.
“I felt extremely suicidal,” Cardi B said, adding that she felt “helpless” as Kebe – a celebrity news blogger who goes by the name Tasha K – continued to broadcast alleged lies about the star to Kebe’s nearly 1 million YouTube followers. The rapper said she had also developed fatigue, anxiety, weight loss and migraines.
“Only an evil person could do that s–t,” Cardi B said, before apologizing for her language.
The testimony comes amid a lawsuit filed in 2019 by the rapper — whose real name is Belcalis Almánzar — that claims Kebe legally defamed her with dozens of videos containing shocking claims. One video cited in the lawsuit includes a statement that Cardi B “f–ked herself...
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