BY ODIGIE OKPATAKU

An Ohio woman is suing Cardi B, claiming she was “forcefully” hit by a microphone thrown by the rapper during a performance at Drai’s Beachclub in Las Vegas in 2023.

According to a complaint filed in the Eighth Judicial Court in Clark County, Nevada, the woman, identified as Jane Doe, attended Cardi’s headlining performance at Drai’s Beachclub on July 29, 2023.

The lawsuit claims that during her performance, Cardi, 32, “appeared onstage under visibly high-temperature conditions and, while holding a microphone, verbally requested that the audience splash water on her.”

At the time, a clip from the concert went viral showing the “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker asking the crowd to “splash her down”.  “Splash me down. That stuff feels good. Put that stuff in my privates, bitch. Come on,” the video shows her telling onlookers. It is unclear, however, if the video was taken before or after the incident.

The lawsuit alleges that Cardi “made repeated gestures and statements encouraging concertgoers to throw water, implicitly authorizing and inviting light splashing from drinks.”  Doe claims Cardi “further demonstrated her consent and participation by pouring water from a bottle over her body while onstage,” and that she “physically reacted to splashes by slapping her posterior while audience-thrown liquids made contact with her.”

According to the complaint, Doe, in an effort to act in “accordance with the environment,” and “in a manner consistent with other attendees, splashed a small portion of her drink in Cardi B’s direction.”

Cardi allegedly acted in “apparent anger and without warning” by “suddenly and forcefully” throwing her microphone “directly” at her, Doe claims, alleging that she experienced “immediate apprehension of an imminent harmful contact” immediately after. She claims that the microphone did make contact with her after it was thrown, “resulting in offensive and unconsented physical contact and causing physical injury.”

Doe says in her filing that Cardi should have known that the microphone “presented a foreseeable risk of physical injury when thrown,” making the rapper’s actions “an unjustified and retaliatory act that resulted in harmful and offensive contact” with Doe. Cardi’s actions were “excessive, disproportionate, and undertaken in a public venue, causing additional reputational and emotional harm,” Doe alleges.

She is suing for assault, battery and negligence, alleging that she underwent “severe emotional distress, shock, humiliation, and physical injury.”  The woman is also suing Drai’s Management Group for negligence.