<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - New Music Friday includes collabs between Lizzo and Cardi B, Elton John and Dua Lipa, more"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">ATLANTA — A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $1.25 million to <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/01/19/cardi-b-covering-funeral-costs-bronx-fire-victims/6580141001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Cardi B</a> in a defamation lawsuit against a celebrity news blogger who she says posted videos falsely stating <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/01/23/thierry-mugler-french-fashion-designer-dead/6631704001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">the Grammy-winning rapper</a> used cocaine, had contracted herpes and engaged in prostitution.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The jury on Monday found Latasha Kebe, known online as Tasha K, and a company she owns liable for defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the rapper, whose given name is Belcalis Almanzar.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Kebe's lawyers said in an email Tuesday that they disagree with the verdict and will file an appeal.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The jury awarded Cardi B $1 million in general damages for pain and suffering and/or reputational injury and $250,000 in medical expenses.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Kebe, who lives in the Atlanta area, produces, hosts and publishes a YouTube channel called unWinewithTashaK.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Kebe began targeting Cardi B in early 2018, making "degrading and harassing statements" about her, the lawsuit says. On Sept. 19, 2018 Kebe published a video of an interview she did with a woman who said she'd known Cardi B before her music career. The video includes the "false, malicious and defamatory" statements that Cardi B was a prostitute, has herpes and had suffered outbreaks on her mouth, and used cocaine.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/01/19/cardi-b-covering-funeral-costs-bronx-fire-victims/6580141001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a"><strong>Cardi B</strong> offers to pay funeral costs for 17 people killed in Bronx apartment fire</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">More:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/01/23/thierry-mugler-french-fashion-designer-dead/6631704001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Legendary designer Thierry Mugler who dressed Kim Kardashian, Cardi B and Beyoncé, dies at 73</a></p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:452px" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/12/08/USAT/763c2578-3482-4648-9d6c-a38236b25c47-NUP_196272_00022.JPG?crop=665,1000,x0,y0&width=300&height=452&format=pjpg&auto=webp" data-gl-srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/12/08/USAT/763c2578-3482-4648-9d6c-a38236b25c47-NUP_196272_00022.JPG?crop=665,1000,x0,y0&width=600&height=904&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $1.25 million to Cardi B in a defamation lawsuit against a celebrity news blogger."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/10/13/cardi-b-gets-mansion-from-offset-on-29-birthday/8435413002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a"><strong>Cardi B praises husband Offset</strong> after he gifts her...</a></p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/01/25/cardi-b-awarded-1-25-million-defamation-lawsuit-against-blogger/9217511002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
