{"id":41805,"date":"2025-07-23T22:40:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T22:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/cardi-b-sued-for-battery-after-las-vegas-mic-throwing-incident\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T22:40:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T22:40:39","slug":"cardi-b-sued-for-battery-after-las-vegas-mic-throwing-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/cardi-b-sued-for-battery-after-las-vegas-mic-throwing-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B Sued for Battery After Las Vegas Mic-Throwing Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAn Ohio woman is suing Card B with claims the rapper overreacted and \u201cforcefully\u201d threw a microphone at her in retaliation for the \u201csmall portion\u201d of a drink that the woman splashed onstage during a concert two years ago. The woman says the incident, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/cardi-b-concertgoer-files-police-report-las-vegas-show-1234798222\/\">was investigated by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department<\/a> but did not result in any criminal charges against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/cardi-b\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cardi-b\" data-tag=\"cardi-b\">Cardi B<\/a>, caused her \u201csevere emotional distress, shock, humiliation, and physical injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn the new 16-page complaint obtained by <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, the Jane Doe plaintiff says she was on a solo trip to Nevada to see the Grammy-winning \u201cBodak Yellow\u201d singer perform when the incident that was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/updatesofcardi\/status\/1685483197566681088?s=20\">caught on video<\/a> from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@paxybabyy\/video\/7261502491815218478\">multiple angles<\/a> unfolded at Drai\u2019s Beach Club on July 29, 2023. The woman says Cardi B was onstage amid \u201cvisibly high-temperature conditions\u201d and \u201cverbally requested that the audience splash her with water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAccording to the lawsuit, Cardi B \u201cimplicitly\u201d authorized \u201clight splashing from drinks\u201d and poured water from a bottle over her own body before striking a pose. \u201cWooh that [expletive] feel good,\u201d the rapper allegedly said as concertgoers threw various liquids toward the stage, the filing alleges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cActing in accordance with the environment created by Cardi B\u2019s express words and conduct, and in a manner consistent with other attendees, [Jane Doe] splashed a small portion of her drink in Cardi B\u2019s direction,\u201d the new filing states. \u201cIn apparent anger and without warning,\u201d Cardi B then \u201caggressively and intentionally launched\u201d her microphone \u201cdirectly\u201d at Jane Doe, striking and injuring her, the lawsuit claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe plaintiff and her lawyers allege the \u201cI Like It\u201d rapper knew or should have known that \u201cthe water-throwing conduct\u201d she purportedly invited posed little threat of physical injury compared to chucking \u201ca dense and blunt object,\u201d such as a microphone. They also allege that shortly after the incident, the microphone was put up for auction by its owner, an event that \u201cfurther publicized the incident and exacerbated plaintiff\u2019s emotional distress.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tJane Doe\u2019s lawsuit includes claims of assault, battery, and negligence against Cardi B as well as claims of negligence and premises liability against Drai\u2019s Management Group. Attempts to reach representatives for Cardi B and Drai\u2019s were not immediately successful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe complaint, filed Monday in Clark County, Nevada, is seeking compensatory and punitive damages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/cardi-b-sued-battery-las-vegas-mic-throwing-incident-1235392747\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Ohio woman is suing Card B with claims the rapper overreacted and \u201cforcefully\u201d threw a microphone at her in retaliation for the \u201csmall&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":41806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}