Cardi B has won yet any battle in court against Youtuber Tasha K over the rapper’s defamation lawsuit which now requires the Youtuber to pay an additional $3 million, according to Billboard.
Latasha Kebe was ordered to pay an extra $1.5 million in punitive damages to the ‘UP’ rapper on Tuesday, in addition to paying the rapper’s $1.3 million in legal expenses. The total now amounts to $4.05 million.
The development comes after the jury ruled in favor of Cardi B, declaring that the YouTuber was wrong to begin a “malicious campaign” against the artist and defame her image with lies such as Cardi B allegedly having “f**ked” beer bottles, among other unsavory assertions.
Cardi B thanked the jury in the case for siding with her and her legal team for working with her for three years in a video obtained by TMZ. She also thanked the reporters who were present for “keeping me strong.”
“We all saw the videos,” Cardi said. “You know how hurtful things were… This was very hard for me. It put me into a lot of emotional distress. These past couple of years have been difficult for me, and constantly reliving it has been very hard for me.”
The trial began on Jan. 10 in Georgia, where Cardi said she felt “suicidal” as a result of the allegations, and the jury finally held Kebe responsible for defamation, invasion of privacy by portraying Cardi in a false light, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Furthermore, Kebe’s defense team now has the option of appealing the conviction to a federal appeals court if the judge upholds the verdict.
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