Defamation success for rapper Cardi B

Categories: Defamation, Disputes

Ellis Sweetenham
January 25, 2022

Rapper Cardi B has successfully sued a YouTuber over defamatory comments and been awarded nearly $1 million in damages.

Music superstar Cardi B took legal action against youtuber Latasha Kebe, known online as Tasha K. Cardi B’s claim states that Keve made a number of false accusations on their gossip site UnWineWithTashaK which has one million subscribers.

These accusations were made from 2018 and accused Cardi B of a number of things, including being a prostitute.

The rapper’s legal team made it clear that the comments and videos on Kebe’s channel caused the singer “embarrassment, humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional distress”.

The Court agreed that the comments made were defamatory and awarded Kebe to pay a total of £927,437.50 to Cardi B in damages.

The matter is not yet over as the parties will be back to court to confirm if further damages and legal fees should be paid too.

Watch this space for further updates as they come in.

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Ellis Sweetenham

Ellis is a contentious and non-contentious intellectual property (IP) solicitor at Lawdit Solicitors. Ellis also is an the Director and an intellectual property law consultant at Lawdit’s sister company Trademarkroom. Ellis qualified as a solicitor in 2019, and over her qualified years has gained valuable experience in all contentious and non- contentious matters relating to trade marks, copyright, designs and patents. Ellis has represented clients in a variety of matters, including those relating to infringement, licensing, oppositions, cancellations, invalidations, assignment, portfolio management, pre-filing due diligence and registration. This includes matters before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, UK Intellectual Property Office, EU Intellectual Property Office and Word Intellectual Property Organisation. In addition to IP matters, Ellis is also experienced in other commercial law matters, including music law, defamation, data protection, civil litigation and commercial disputes. Ellis has built a reputation for being detail-focused and thorough, always available to provide clients with the highest level of client care. Ellis acts with the highest level of professionalism to ensure that her clients are well informed and their best interests are at the centre of all advice given and action taken. Ellis is a regular on the Lawdit Solicitors Mark Wing Podcast, and has written many legal articles, both for Lawdit and Trademarkroom’s reading room, as well as for external IP publications. Ellis is based in our Isle of Wight office.