Cardi B Pleads Guilty To Strip Club Fights

Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B resolved a yearslong criminal case stemming from a pair of brawls at New York City strip clubs by pleading guilty Thursday in a deal that requires her to perform 15 days of community service

Cardi B a New York City local whose genuine name is Belcalis Almanza

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pleaded guilty to third degree assault and reckless endangerment both misdemeanors stemming from the August 2018 fights

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Cardi B appears in Queens County Criminal Court in New York on Thursday

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In one fight chairs bottles and hookah pipes were thrown as the group argued with a bartender

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and another employee had minor injuries

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In 2019 Cardi B rejected a plea deal

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said Cardi B adding that she wanted to set a good example for her two children

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Cardi B SAID I’ve made some bad decisions in my past that I am not afraid to face and own up to

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These moments don’t define me and they are not reflective of who I am now she added

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