Cardi B and Accuser Emani Ellis SPEAK OUT After Rapper Wins $24M Lawsuit

So first thing first, I want to thank my lawyers. I want to thank the jurors I want to thank the judge and I want to thank the The respectful press I really really appreciate that and I want to thank everybody at home supporting me I Know you guys having a little key with the moment But to be honest with you, I have missed my kids first day of school today. I miss my kids

Last day last week of school yesterday because of this and I'm not even playing around I would even if I'm in my deathbed I swear to God I will say it in my deathbed I did not touch that woman I did not touch that girl I didn't lay my hands on that girl and with that being said With that being said this time around I'm gonna be nice the next person to try to do a frivolous Lawsuit against me. I'm going to counter sue and I'm gonna make you pay because this is not okay. I think people have like this Misinterpretations of celebrities like is that oh well we can ask for this and

they're gonna settle. You don't work at home and you don't work all day and you don't work for your money to give out your money. So don't ever think that I'm just gonna give you my money that I work hard for. I don't lay in bed all day. I work all day and I work hard for my money for my kids and for people I take care of. So don't you ever think that you're going to sue me and I'm just going to settle and just give me my money.

It's not going to happen. I do also want fans at home though not to find their social media, her family's social media, her social media and bother her. I hope that this is something that I leave behind, that she leave behind. Don't go bother her. Don't be talking about her. Don't be talking about how she look. Don't call her no nasty names. Let's just put this behind, but I'm giving a warning. I am NOT that celeb that you're gonna sue and you think it's

gonna settle. I'm not gonna settle. Especially when I'm super, completely innocent. I know I got a little reputation, but I swear to God I'm innocent. I swear to God. Like this. Like, I'm really innocent for real. And I just want to say thank you everybody.

It's been really tough. It's been really long nights for me. I'm in the middle of a album rollout. So it's been late nights and early, 5.30 in the morning morning. I gotta get up 5 30 so I could look like this for y'all Which is grass yes, which is that's a spot to me henta latina chemist on support andovin year on today's la mañana

Este se ven bien maquillada pelo pelo cuerpo bonito y vinieron para acá para Show me support Cinco Diaz They came here to show my support. Five days. And the men too.

A different wig.

A different wig. I'm telling you guys, when I say that my forehead is raw from changing all these wigs.

Raw.

Raw, raw, raw.

And yeah, thank you for the witnesses and thank you for everybody that just took their time to come out. Did you see how they came back so fast? No, no. They came back so fast? No, no.

Cardi, they came back so quickly with this verdict.

What does that say? It says that it's bulls***.

Cardi, it says that it's bulls***.

If you say that anyone who does something like this again, you're going to be sued. I'm going to be you, you see, if you screw me again, I'm just saying the truth. I'm just telling everything as much, as detailed as I can remember. I'm just telling the truth. To be honest with you, like, I didn't do nothing special. and win this case. Telling the truth, always telling the truth. Trying to... You know, the time, the hours.

Investigating, you have to investigate.

That's why you decided to go to a court, right?

Because you knew it was your money.

You think it's easy to give people your money? That you're working for them? It's shit. We all knew it was your money.

You don't give money to someone who's suing you for your money.

It's easy. I thought they were going to...

Hey, Kelly, how are your kids?

They're good. I got two birthdays coming this weekend.

What did this case take out of you?

What did this case take out of you?

A shout out to El Gordo and La Flaca. You guys have amazing team. Okay guys, high five, high five, high five.

Mrs. Montero, are you disappointed with the verdict?

Not at all. I don't think that it reflects the truth, but I'm not disappointed. We know that the justice system is sometimes flawed, and unfortunately that was the case for me. Like I said, I still stand firm on my position. I still stand firm on my attorney. I think we fought a good fight. But like I said, more importantly, it's about accountability. I have my day in court. I showed up. I held my I held my head high and I can walk away and say that I showed up and she had to look me in the eye. I had to look her in the eye and we did our best. Are you sorry you brought the case in retrospect? Not at all.

Not at all.

She said that she would refuse to countersue in this case. She said that if anybody else brings a case, this is her words, that's frivolous, she called it, she would be countersuing, not to basically mess with her again. What do you think about that?

This is for me?

Yeah.

Well, my statement is, you know, obviously you never know what a jury is going to do. You could try a case in different courts with different juries and you'll have ten different outcomes. You just never really know what a jury is going to do. We did our best to present the facts that we needed to present to the jury. And we obviously have a right to appeal and our intention is to appeal. We did our best to present the facts that we needed to present to the jury. And we obviously have a right to appeal and our intention is to appeal.

You're going to appeal?

How do you feel about how the defendant conducted herself in court?

I thought it was totally unprofessional. I think it showed value to her character, the type of person that she is. A lot of her body language, her body gestures, her facial expressions, her disrespect for the court, I think speaks to who she is. I think we saw how I conducted myself during this trial and I think that speaks volume. Sir, could you say and

spell your first and last name? Sure. My name is Ron Rosen. John Faza. I'm the attorney for the plaintiff. I have had this case for a number of years. I did take it over from another lawyer and we put it together as best we could with what we had to work with. I disagree with the verdict. As you know, you can see from Cardi B, she has a history of doing these things. Even today in the courthouse, right where I'm standing in this area,

she threw something at one of you. And I think that's just, you know, very poor, poor judgment on her part to go ahead and do something like that. Here in the courthouse, this is a court. You don't do this, it's wrong.

And she really, you know, made a fool of herself,

in my opinion. So with a unanimous verdict, what is the basis for an appeal? Would it be a factual error or something that the judge did wrong? What would the basis be for an appeal?

Well, there's many different things that occurred. I can't really get into the details now. That would be for the appellate attorney that I work with who's going to be handling that with me and we will decide how we're going to handle it.

Ms. Ellis, what's next for you?

I'm going to law school.

Congratulations.

Thank you. Did this case prompt you to decide to go to law school?

I had already had plans on going to law school, but I think during this case it kind of amplified a lot of those dreams. Do you feel like you've been painted in a bad light in the public? I think from the defendant, yes. But that's what she's going to do. She's going to make me seem like a bad person. I know who I am. I know the things that I've accomplished.

So that's all that matters to me.

You started out as a fan of her music. Are you still a fan today?

No.

Will you be listening to her new album,

it dropped since six days, she keeps saying?

Not at all.

Miss Ellis, Cardi did ask that the public

please leave you alone, not slander you, behind your back on social media. Does that mean anything to you? I that's news to me. She's never told me that she's

never even offered me an apology, never even offered me an apology,

so I'm not sure.