![]() Mike Brophy, front right, leaves the federal courthouse in Santa Ana in October 2022 with his wife, Lindsay Brophy, and his lawyer Larry Conlan. Almanzar’s other bad acts and criminal conduct,” referring to Cardi’s legal name, Belcalis Almanzar. The judge imposed a 30-minute limit on lawyer Barry Cappello’s exam after a chaotic back and forth between Cappello and Cardi that included him scolding her, “Do you want to be here all afternoon?” Carney also didn’t allow Cappello to ask more questions of Cardi after she was questioned by her lawyer.Ĭappello and his co-counsel Larry Conlan said Carney’s halting of Cappello’s questioning allowed the jury to hear Cardi’s testimony about her faith and commitment to family without cross-examination “about her gang membership, and other questions concerning Ms. They focused in part on Carney’s restriction of Cardi’s examination. It’s art work.”Īfter Carney backed the jury verdict, Brophy’s lawyers tried again by arguing in a motion for new trial that they weren’t allowed to fairly present their case to the jury. “… I’m not literally receiving oral in real life. The roles are reversed,” the 30-year-old international superstar testified. “The purpose, Cardi B testified, was to show her in control, reversing traditional gender roles.”Ĭardi said on the witness stand, “I wanted an image to be like, ‘I’m in control,’” “Brophy’s tattoo was but one tattoo on the back of the model, who was himself but one part of a suggestive portrayal of a man with his head between Cardi B’s legs while she was in the backseat of a vehicle and drank an alcoholic beverage,” the judge wrote. 1 is “a larger visual commentary on sexual politics.” 21 before siding with Cardi.īrophy’s lawyers sought a reversal of fortune by asking Judge Carney to toss the verdict and rule in their favor, which led to Carney’s ruling that Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. The jury deliberated about 90 minutes on Oct. ![]() District Court)Ĭardi’s lawyers told jurors the changes transform Brophy’s tattoo into another piece of art that’s protected by the First Amendment. Mike Brophy’s lawsuit included these images of his back tattoo and Cardi B’s mixape cover. The man has a digitally imposed tattoo on his back that includes the exact tiger and serpent from Brophy’s tattoos, but it doesn’t include other features such as waves, rose petals or the phrase “Born to Lose.” and her former manager Klenord “Shaft” Raphael’s company KSR Group LLC over the mixtape cover, which features a man appearing to perform oral sex on Cardi as she drinks a bottle of Corona in the backseat of a car. 1, which the judge described as “a larger visual commentary on sexual politics.”Ī jury in Santa Ana, California, last October rejected Brophy’s $5 million claims against Cardi, her company Washpoppin’ Co. District Judge Cormac Carney’s ruling in December that Kevin Michael “Mike” Brophy’s distinct back tattoo played only a small role in the cover art for Cardi’s 2016 mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. Cuniff)Ī man who accused rapper Cardi B of misusing a photo of his tattoo on the cover to her debut mixtape will pay her $350,000 and withdraw his motion for new trial under an agreement filed Monday in federal court. Cardi B speaks with reporters and fans outside the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, California, on Friday, Oct.
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