Cardi B's years-long legal fight with blogger Tasha K has taken another turn after the rapper filed a new lawsuit accusing Tasha's husband, Cheickna Kebe, of helping shield millions of dollars from a court judgment. The fresh filing comes more than four years after Cardi won herdefamation caseagainst the YouTuber, who was found liable for making false claims about the rapper in a series of online videos.
According to the new complaint, Cardi believes Tasha and her husband took deliberate steps to move money and property out of reach after the court ruled in her favour. The lawsuit claims the couple created new business arrangements, shifted assets between companies, and even transferred ownership of property in Georgia in order to avoid paying the nearly $4 million judgment. Although Cardi has asked for the proceedings to be delayed while Tasha K's bankruptcy case continues in Florida, the rapper still filed the suit this month in order to meet legal deadlines connected to the alleged transfers.
The latest legalfilingcentres on accusations that Cheickna Kebe helped move and conceal Tasha K's assets shortly after Cardi secured her courtroom victory in 2022. The rapper originally sued the blogger in 2019, accusing her of launching what was described in court documents as a 'malicious campaign' aimed at damaging her reputation.
During that case, Cardi pointed to several videos in which Tasha K allegedly made 'false and defamatory' claims involving drug use, sexually explicit acts, and sexually transmitted diseases. In January 2022, a jury sided with the rapper and awarded her just under $4 million in damages for defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Now Cardi claims the efforts to avoid payment began almost immediately after that verdict. According to the lawsuit, Tasha and Kebe 'fraudulently received, concealed, or diverted' assets in a bid to stop Cardi from collecting the money she was awarded.
One of the central allegations involves a company called Yelen Entertainment, LLC, which Kebe reportedly formed in May 2022. Cardi's filing states that assets connected to Tasha's company, Kebe Studios, were transferred into the new business shortly after the defamation loss. Kebe Studios had reportedly been responsible for paying $2.9 million of the judgment.
The complaint claims those transfers left the original business as 'an empty shell with no assets from which Ms. Almánzar could collect the Kebe Studios Judgment'. Cardi alleges that Yelen Entertainment now controls Tasha K's 'Unwine with Tasha K' social media accounts, along with the rest of her online content and revenue streams.
The lawsuit paints the move as part of a wider effort to restructure Tasha's finances while keeping the income flowing through different channels. Cardi's legal team argues the changes were designed specifically to prevent the rapper from accessing money linked to the judgment.
The second part of Cardi's lawsuit focuses on what she claims were additional efforts to protect Tasha K's personal finances from collection attempts.
According to the complaint, Kebe allegedly 'rerouted [Tasha's] salary and earnings through Yelen's accounts', removed her name from bank accounts, and arranged for her earnings to stop being paid directly to her. Cardi also claims property in Georgia was transferred into Kebe's name as part of the same effort.
Source: International Business Times UK
