Rapper Cardi B has been declared not guilty by a Los Angeles jury in a high-profile civil lawsuit.

The rapper was accused of assault and battery during a 2018 nightclub incidence.

But the case officially ended with the verdict announced on Tuesday, September 2.

Speaking to reporters outside court, Cardi B told the reporters the same key points she had argued in her defense during the trial.

“First things first, I want to thank my lawyers. I want to thank the jurors. I want to thank the judge, and I want to thank the respectful press. I really, really appreciate that and I want to thank everybody at home supporting me,” she said.

Cardi B stressed the personal toll the trial took. “I know you guys having a little key with the moment but to be honest with you, I have missed my kids first day of school today. I missed my kids last day, last week of school yesterday because of this and I’m not even playing around,” she told reporters.

The plaintiff, Emani Ellis had sought roughly 24 million US dollars, saying the alleged attack left her with physical and psychological injuries and harmed her career.

During the trial the woman described being struck and pushed during the confrontation at a Los Angeles club.

She went back to the straightforward denial she had given on the stand. “I will, even if I’m in my deathbed, I swear to God, I will say it in my deathbed. I did not touch that woman. I did not touch that girl,” she stressed.

The singer also used the opportunity to caution others against bringing what she called baseless claims.

“The next person to try to do a frivolous lawsuit against me, I’m going to counter sue and I’m going to make you pay because this is not okay,” she said, adding a firm defence of her hard-earned income. “Don’t ever think that I’m just going to give you my money that I work hard for.”

At the same time, Cardi B urged her fans to show restraint.

“I do also want fans at home though not to find their social media, her family social media, her social media and bother her. I hope that this is something that I leave behind, that she leave behind. Don’t go bother her,” she appealed.

In 2023, Cardi B announced breakup with her spouse, rapper Offset.

She revealed in a recent Instagram Live that she had been dropping hints on social media that she and her partner were no longer together.

“I’ve been single for a minute now, but I have been afraid to like… not afraid, I just don’t know how to tell the world. But I feel like today has been a sign,” she said. “The last time I got on Live, I kind of wanted to tell you guys. But I didn’t know how to tell you, so I changed my mind. But it has been like this for a minute now. I just took it as a sign.”

The “sign” she was referring to was some online business in which Offset’s name was part of an allegation of infidelity that he has denied on social media.

“I don’t think it’s true, I don’t care to find out,” Cardi B said of the chatter.

"It seems like she would prefer to concentrate on the future."

“I want to start 2024, like, fresh, open,” she said during the IG Live. “I don’t know. I’m curious for a new life, for a new beginning. And yeah, I’m excited.”

In October 2017, the pair publicly announced their engagement when he proposed to her onstage. Subsequently, it was disclosed that they had privately tied the knot in his hometown of Atlanta in September of the same year.

Together, they share a daughter named Kulture, aged 5, and a son named Wave, aged 2.

Cardi B. and Offset have experienced multiple separations in the past, notably in 2018 when he made a grand gesture by crashing her performance at the Rolling Loud Festival in Los Angeles to plead for her reconciliation.

In a similar development in July, music producer and rapper, Sean "Diddy" Combs, was judged not guilty of sex trafficking and being part of a criminal gang by a U.S jury.

However, he was found guilty of bringing women across state lines for prostitution.

The verdict came on Tuesday, July 2, in New York after a high-profile trial that started in May.

The jury spent three days and over 13 hours discussing the case before agreeing on all five charges.

The jury found Combs not guilty of being part of a criminal group (racketeering) and not guilty of sex trafficking singer, Cassie Ventura.

However, he was found guilty of transporting Cassie and other women for ptrostitution.

He was also cleared of sex trafficking another woman referred to as "Jane," but was found guilty of transporting her and others for prostitution.

The charges came from the testimonies of Cassie and Jane, both of whom had romantic relationships with Combs.

They spoke in Court about being taken to hotels where Combs allegedly arranged for other men to have sex with them while he watched, filmed or gave directions, calling these events "freak-offs" or "hotel nights."

Before the verdict was announced, Combs was seen praying with his children and hugging his lawyers.

In the room where many were watching, emotions were high and people reacted audibly as each decision was read, even though the judge had asked for silence.

Combs has been in jail since his arrest in September 2024.

Although he was cleared of the most serious charges, his lawyers believe the guilty verdicts shouldn't stop him from being granted bail.