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Ashley Puryear • October 23, 2022

Cardi B wins California jury trial in art copyright infringement case



A jury sided with Cardi B on Friday in a copyright infringement case involving a man who claimed the Grammy-winning rapper misused his back tattoos for her sexually suggestive 2016 mixtape cover art.  The federal jury in Southern California ruled Kevin Michael Brophy did not prove Cardi B misappropriated his likeness. After the jury forewoman read the verdict, the rapper hugged her attorneys and appeared joyful.  Cardi B thanked the jurors, admitting she was

A jury sided with Cardi B on Friday in a copyright infringement case involving a man who claimed the Grammy-winning rapper misused his back tattoos for her sexually suggestive 2016 mixtape cover art.

The federal jury in Southern California ruled Kevin Michael Brophy did not prove Cardi B misappropriated his likeness. After the jury forewoman read the verdict, the rapper hugged her attorneys and appeared joyful.

Cardi B thanked the jurors, admitting she was "pretty nervous" before hearing the verdict.

"I wasn't sure if I was going to lose or not," she said after leaving the courthouse. She was swarmed by several reporters, photographers and more than 40 high schoolers who chanted her name. One fan held up a sign asking if she could take him to his homecoming dance, to which she replied "Yes, I'll see what I can do." 

"I told myself if I win, I was going to cuss Mr. Brophy out. But I don't have it in my heart to cuss him out," she said. In the courtroom, Cardi B had a brief, cordial conversation with Brophy and shook his hand.


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