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Cardi B Rejects Plea Deal In Her Strip Club Assault Case
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Apr. 19 2019, Updated 7:33 p.m. ET
Cardi B’s case is headed to trial. On Friday, April 19, the rapper rejected a plea deal in the assault case stemming from an incident at a New York strip club last year.
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Had she accepted the deal, Cardi, 26, would have pled guilty to assault in the third degree.
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She would have avoided jail time and, if she adhered to pre-agreed conditions, had her case thrown out.
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The “Please Me” rapper is set to return to court next month. She is facing charges of assault and reckless endangerment.
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In August 2018, two strippers Jade and Baddie Gi accused Cardi of ordering her entourage to attack them.
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The women claimed the alleged assault happened because the Bronx native thought one of them slept with her husband, rapper Offset.
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Cardi’s latest court date comes after a judge threatened her with jail time in December 2018 after she was a no-show at a pre-scheduled hearing.