Cardi B is finally set to start getting some of the money owed to her in the defamation lawsuit she won against YouTuber Tasha K.
In new court documents filed on Friday (February 21) and viewed by HipHopDX, Tasha’s legal team agreed to a payment plan that will equate to just under $1.2 million over the course of five years, and in return, Cardi dropped her objections to Tasha’s bankruptcy filing. Tasha also agreed to not make any “derogatory, disparaging, or defamatory statements” about the rap superstar.
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The agreement was made in bankruptcy court and only covers a small portion of the overall debt she owes to Cardi – which is $3.9 million. However, Tasha will still be on the hook for the rest of the money when she finishes her bankruptcy repayment plan, as it’s noted that “the Almanzar Claim is non-dischargeable.”
The battle has been ongoing since Cardi B first filed the lawsuit in 2019 over what her lawyers said was a “malicious campaign” to hurt Cardi’s career and reputation. She made videos claiming Cardi had committed sex acts “with beer bottles on fucking stripper stages,” while others accused her of being a prostitute who’d contracted herpes.
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Bardi won in 2022, which resulted in Tasha (real name Latasha Kebe) being ordered to take down over 20 illicit and defamatory videos about Cardi and never post about the “Bodak Yellow” rapper again.
However, it’s since been a battle to get the money, with Tasha filing for bankruptcy back in 2023.
Cardi then attempted to get the YouTuber’s bankruptcy case thrown out, claiming claimed that Tasha and her husband had “orchestrated a months-long scheme to hinder, delay, and defraud” the Bronx rapper’s efforts to collect the $3.9 million.
Tasha then hit back in court just last month, claiming that Cardi’s attempt to get the bankruptcy attempted nixed is actually a backdoor attempt to silence her voice. She says that Cardi is insisting on a non-disparagement clause “so broad that it would undermine [Tasha’s] Career.”
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“She seeks to sabotage Debtor’s Career through unreasonable restrictions on her First Amendment rights,” the filing continues. “Having failed to bully Debtor into accepting an overarching non-disparagement clause, Claimant filed the Motion to Dismiss to harm Debtor’s Career and end Debtor’s bankruptcy case.”
As mentioned above, Cardi withdrew her objection to Tasha’s bankruptcy so that the payment plan could go through.
