The decide in Cardi B’s defamation case has reportedly ordered YouTuber Tasha Ok to cough up the $4 million judgement she owes the rapper instantly.
Tasha Ok, born LaTasha Kebe, is at present within the appeals technique of her case with Cardi B, after a decide dominated in January that the gossip blogger defamed Bardi. On Thursday (Oct. 13), Billboard reported that decide William Ray has ordered Tasha Ok to pay Cardi the seven-figure payout earlier than the difficult of the ruling is full. Tasha’s solely different possibility is to safe a bond within the full quantity.
The YouTuber is trying to delay the heavy payout whereas the case goes by the appeals course of. Nonetheless, that may solely occur if she will be able to acquire a personal bond for your entire sum, Choose Ray says. If she loses her attraction, the quantity will then be forwarded to Cardi.
The Bronx, N.Y. rapper initially sued Tasha Ok in 2019, after the media character made a weblog publish that accused Cardi of being a prostitute in 2018. The case was seen in Georgia federal court docket earlier this 12 months, and Cardi got here out victorious in January. Tasha Ok blasted the ruling after it was introduced, calling it “extraordinarily prejudicial.” For months after the choice, Tasha Ok refused to take down the defamatory posts that bought her in bother and was even threatened with jail time.
She appealed the decision final month, with Cardi B’s attorneys following up by asking for the bond out of considerations that Tasha Ok may attempt to keep away from paying up.
“That is greater than a hypothetical concern on this case,” Cardi B’s legal professional Lisa F. Moore wrote in an announcement on Friday (Oct. 14). “In the course of the litigation, Kebe bragged publicly that she had taken steps to insulate herself from a judgment. And there have been latest on-line stories that Kebe has moved from Georgia to keep away from enforcement of the judgment.”
XXL has reached out to the USA District Courtroom for the Northern District of Georgia for remark.
