Cardi B pleads guilty to misdemeanor charges over 2018 strip club fight – ‘Part of growing up and maturing is being accountable for your actions’

Rapper Cardi B – born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar - has pleaded guilty to two charges stemming from her involvement in a pair of physical altercations at a New York strip club in 2018.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Grammy-winning rapper agreed to a conditional discharge just as her case was about to go to trial, saying in a statement: “Part of growing up and maturing is being accountable for your actions.” The rapper pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges stemming from the August 2018 fights.

Ten other counts, including two felonies, were dismissed. Two co-defendants also pleaded guilty. According to prosecutors, Cardi B and her entourage were targeting employees of Angels Strip Club in Flushing, Queens, over an apparent personal dispute. In one fight, chairs, bottles and hookah pipes were thrown as the group argued with a bartender. She and another employee had minor injuries.

“No one is above the law,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement. “In pleading guilty today, Ms. Belcalis Almanzar and two co-defendants have accepted responsibility for their actions. This Office is satisfied with the resolution, which includes appropriate community service.” Per the report, in 2019, Cardi B rejected a plea deal that would have given her a conditional discharge.

Prosecutors then presented the case to a grand jury and obtained an indictment that included the two felony charges. “I’ve made some bad decisions in my past that I am not afraid to face and own up to,” said Cardi B, adding that she wanted to set a good example for her two children. “These moments don’t define me and they are not reflective of who I am now,” she added.

“I’m looking forward to moving past this situation with my family and friends and getting back to the things I love the most—the music and my fans.”

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