American rapper, Cardi B made a dramatic appearance in court on Tuesday for a hearing in her nightclub assault case in a feather coat with tail, a pair of patent black Christian Louboutin pumps and pretty undisturbed look.
She is charged with two felony counts of assault for allegedly attacking two bartenders in two separate incidents at Angel’s Strip Club in Flushing, Queens, last August.
Prosecutors say the victims, who are sisters, were targeted because the 27-year-old rapper believed one of them was having an affair with her husband, Offset.
Cardi was originally charged with misdemeanours but after turning down a no-jail plea deal, was hit with the more serious counts.
She and her co-defendants Tawana Jackson-Morel and Jeffrey Bush all face four years behind bars if they are convicted.
Prosecutors say the rapper, whose real name is Belcalis Almánzar, ordered her co-defendants to attack the unnamed victims.
It was pre-planned on social media, they say.
When they got to the strip club on August 15, 2018, Bush allegedly used his body to block anyone from intervening as one of the bartenders was attacked.
He also allegedly filmed the beating.
They then are said to have returned on August 29. On that occasion, Jackson-Morel allegedly threw a drink in the second woman’s face.
Then, she and Cardi B and others allegedly hurled bottles and glasses at her.
She has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Her court appearance comes a day after the publication of her Vogue cover story in which she describes forgiving Offset for being unfaithful.
It is unclear in the story if she is referring to the bartenders or another partner, but she said: ‘When me and my husband got into our issues—you know, he cheated and everything…’
She revealed the pair sought the advice of priests to help them work through their issues.
They share a one-year-old daughter, Kulture, together.
She was in Africa over the weekend where she performed in Nigeria and Ghana on the 7th and 8th respectively.
