Cardi B Pleads Guilty to Charges in 2018 Strip Club Fight: 'Looking Forward to Moving Past This'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Cardi Bpleaded guilty on Thursday to two misdemeanor charges that came in connection with a2018 strip club brawlin Queens, New York.

The “Wap” rapper, 29, appeared in Queens Supreme Court to accept a plea deal that handed her a three-year order of protection from the women involved in the fight, as well as 15 days of community service.

Cardi — who is mom to daughter Kulture Kiari, 4, and son Wave Set, 1, with husbandOffset— had 10 charges dismissed, but pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of assault in the third degree and reckless endangerment. She was photographed Thursday entering the court in a form-fitting white dress.

An attorney for Cardi (real name Belcalis Almánzar) did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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The incident in question took place in August 2018, when the Grammy-winning star allegedly ordered an attack on two female bartenders at Angel’s Strip Club because she believed Offset had had an affair with one of them, according toThe New York TimesandTMZ.

A police spokesperson told CNN at the time that Cardi was allegedly “throwing chairs, bottles and hookahs in the club at 3 a.m.”

Sources close to Cardi previously denied that she was involved in the attack, according toTMZ. While the bartenders were reportedly injured during the brawl, both women declined to receive medical treatment.

She wasarrested in October 2018after surrendering to police.

Cardi’s plea deal comes two days after shesurprised her former middle schoolin the Bronx with a $100,000 donation to financially assist their arts department.

“This middle school, IS 232 in the Bronx, has a very special place in my heart!! It turned me from an 11 year old girl into a little teenage adult. Kids in the Bronx have to grow up quickly [due] to our circumstances and our environment,” she wrote in a lengthy Instagram caption. " I hope my donation can help create an amazing after school program that will help kids stay out the streets or a troubled home and most importantly allow them to learn something that they can take with them through LIFE. "

source: people.com