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Will the Jury Believe the Security Guard or the International Pop Star? | Closing Arguments Podcast

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

#CardiB took the stand for the second day in a row in her civil assault trial. Security guard #EmaniEllis claims the rapper violently, unlawfully, intentionally, suddenly, and maliciously assaulted her. Who will the jury believe?

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0:00.0

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.

0:04.8

Opinions.

0:05.8

All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.

0:09.8

Sensitive topics are discussed.

0:11.8

Discretion is advised.

0:16.4

The murder of Florida State University law professor Dan Markell shocked Tallahassee and sent ripples through the legal community.

0:24.6

On a July morning in 2014, Markelle was gunned down in his driveway, a calculated execution tied to a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, Wendy Adelson.

0:35.6

For years, investigators unraveled a tangled web of family disputes, hit men, and secret payments

0:40.8

until suspicion fell on Wendy's mother, Donna Adelson.

0:45.3

Prosecutors alleged she was the mastermind orchestrating the murder to solve her daughter's

0:50.4

problems and keep her grandchildren close.

0:53.5

Testimony in Donna's trial has implicated not only Donna, but also her daughter Wendy

0:59.7

and her husband Harvey.

1:01.5

And tonight, we are live from Tallahassee with all the big moments from this jaw-dropping

1:08.0

trial.

1:09.2

But first, A-list celebrity and recording artist Cardi B facing an intense civil trial in Los Angeles.

1:17.5

And now for the second day in a row, she's been testifying on the stand.

1:23.3

She's been sued by security guard, Imani Ellis, who alleges that Cardi violently, unlawfully, intentionally, suddenly, and maliciously assaulted her during a private appointment at a Beverly Hills OBGYN's office in 2018.

1:39.6

She claims that Cardi B hit her in the head, the face and the body, spit on her, engaged in racial slurs and emotional devastation.

1:49.2

Cardi's legal team vigorously denies the allegations insisting that the security guard initiated a profanity-laced confrontation and that no physical contact occurred.

2:00.5

So who will the jury believe the young security guard or the international pop star known as Cardi B?

2:09.6

I'm Vinipolitan. Great to have you with us here on closing arguments.

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