{"id":46689,"date":"2025-09-16T04:07:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/cardi-b-says-she-fell-asleep-during-assault-trial-so-sleepy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T04:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:07:41","slug":"cardi-b-says-she-fell-asleep-during-assault-trial-so-sleepy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/cardi-b-says-she-fell-asleep-during-assault-trial-so-sleepy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B Says She Fell Asleep During Assault Trial: &#8216;So Sleepy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/cardi-b\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cardi-b\" data-tag=\"cardi-b\">Cardi B<\/a>\u2018s civil trial over claims the rapper physically assaulted a security guard, footage from the court room battle was quickly memeified thanks to Cardi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/cardi-b-testifies-security-guard-assault-trial-1235415655\/\">viral\u00a0witness-stand interrogation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAlong with her memorable testimony, the Grammy-winning artist was also caught on camera dozing off as the trial was underway. When appearing on <em>The Jennifer Hudson Show<\/em> in an episode aired Monday, Cardi addressed the caught-on-camera clips and fully admitted to catching a few Z\u2019s in the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m not even going to lie, I was,\u201d said Cardi on the talk show. \u201cI had a long night! I\u2019m in the middle of an album rollout. I was so sleepy, I was trying to fight it.\u201d She added that despite trying a breathing exercise, she couldn\u2019t stay awake. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen host Hudson asked how she was feeling post-trial, Cardi replied, \u201cI\u2019m so overwhelmed.\u201d She continued, \u201cI\u2019m in the middle of an album rollout, and I have to go to court. And then, when I get to court, I realize that it\u2019s going to be on national TV, being televised. It\u2019s like, \u2018You\u2019ve got to be kidding me\u2019 \u2026 I missed my kids\u2019 first day of school.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cardi B Breaks Down Her Court Case Experience Like Only Cardi Can on \u2018The Jennifer Hudson Show\u2019!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D_kBDB_jH-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEarlier this month, Cardi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/cardi-b-trial-closing-arguments-1235419754\/\">won her civil trial <\/a>over claims she assaulted a security guard during an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/cardi-b-testifies-security-guard-suing-24-million-1235416768\/\">argument on the fifth floor of a Beverly Hills medical building<\/a>\u00a0seven years ago, with all 12 jurors unanimously agreeing Cardi did not swing at Emani Ellis or scratch the plaintiff\u2019s face.<\/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\tWhile the rapper asked her supporters not to \u201cbother\u201d Ellis following the verdict, Cardi warned that she won\u2019t be so forgiving going forward. \u201cThe next person who tries to do a frivolous lawsuit against me, I\u2019m going to counter-sue, and I\u2019m gonna make you pay, because this is not OK,\u201d she said outside the courthouse in Alhambra, California. \u201cI am not that celeb that you sue, and you think it\u2019s going to settle. I\u2019m not gonna settle. Especially when I\u2019m super completely innocent. I know I got a little reputation, but I swear to God, I\u2019m innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCardi\u2019s highly anticipated sophomore album, aptly titled\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/cardi-b-am-i-the-drama-album-announcment-cover-date-1235370395\/\"><em>Am I the Drama?<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0is set to release Sept. 19 with star-packed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/cardi-b-features-selena-gomez-janet-jackson-am-i-the-drama-1235427945\/\">features<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/janet-jackson\/\">Janet Jackson<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/selena-gomez\/\">Selena Gomez<\/a>, Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, Kehlani, Tyla, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/cardi-b-fell-asleep-civil-assault-trial-1235428136\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Cardi B\u2018s civil trial over claims the rapper physically assaulted a security guard, footage from the court room battle was quickly memeified thanks&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46689","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\/46689","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=46689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}