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The 26-year-old rapper is alleged to haveordered an assaulton two bartenders, identified as Jade and Baddie G, at Angel’s Strip Club over her belief that Jade slept with Cardi’s husband, Offset. A police spokespersonpreviously told CNNthat Cardi was allegedly “throwing chairs, bottles and hookahs in the club at 3 a.m.,” leaving both bartenders with injuries.NBC New York reportedCardi wascaught on camera tossing an ice bucketat the women.
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The “Press” star was initially only charged with two misdemeanor counts of assault and reckless endangerment, but — afterrejecting a plea deal in April— will now face 14 charges, two of which are counts of felony attempted assault with intent to cause serious physical injury, a Queens district court spokeswoman confirms to PEOPLE. Other charges will include criminal solicitation, conspiracy and harassment for her part in the brawl.
The indictment will not be unsealed until her arraignment in a Queens courtroom, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon,ABC News reports.
Cardi B’s attorney Jeff Kern did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment, though he previously told reporters he was “aware of no evidence that she caused anybody any harm on that night. We expect that the matter is going to be resolved expeditiously.”
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Joe Tacopina, an attorney for the alleged victims, begged to differ.
“Cardi Bordered and committed violent assaults against my clients, and is being called to justice for her crimes,” he told PEOPLE in a statement last fall. “Apparently, she thinks her celebrity status puts her above the law, since she has bragged to multiple people and on social media that she orchestrated these vicious attacks.”
In October, Cardisurrendered to policeand was subsequently arrested, fingerprinted, had a mugshot taken and was charged with one count of assault and two counts of reckless endangerment, PEOPLE confirmed at the time.
Months later on Dec. 7 — the same morning the “Money” rapperreceived five Grammy nominations— Cardiappeared in courton assault and reckless endangerment charges after a summons was issued for her connection with the attack.
Cardi B arrives at court on April 19.JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty
In April, Cardi reportedly rejected a plea deal, according to multiple outlets, includingCBS New York.The BlastandABC 7report the deal would have called for Cardi to plead guilty to misdemeanor assault in the third degree. After conditions were met, the outlets report the case would have been dismissed and the rapper would not have had to serve any jail time.
Despite the pending indictment, Cardi (whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar) and Offset attended the ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards in California Thursday night, where she took home an award for songwriter of the year.
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“I just want to say I’m very grateful,” Cardi told the audience while accepting her award. “Sometimes people stop and remind me — my people, my team are like ‘Cardi, you crazy. You won a Grammy. Cardi, all your songs is charting.’ Everybody wanna say, ‘She made it because of this’ or ‘She made it because of that’ — I made it because I worked my ass off. You know what I’m saying?”
She added, “Thank you very much, ASCAP. This is an honor for me and okuuuurrr, goodnight.”
source: people.com
