After a three-year battle, Cardi B has won a federal defamation lawsuit against a YouTuber.
The jury favored Cardi's claim that YouTube ran a "malicious campaign" to damage her reputation. She has been awarded $1.25 million in damages.
Latasha Kebbe was found liable on three separate counts, for using video and social media to claim Cardi B was a prostitute, taking drugs, contracting STIs, and more.
She told the court that the bogus allegations and conspiracy theories caused Cardi to feel suicidal and depressed.
Commenting on the court's decision, Omid Scobie, a friend of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, said it was "potentially intended to do away with falsehood and defamation claims under the guise of opinion or "entertainment purposes" and profiteering accounts. Sets a new example.
"YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki continues to ignore the problem, but today's results may change things for good," he said.
The decision came days after a report published by Bot Sentinel described how single-purpose hate accounts on Twitter coordinated a hate campaign targeting Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and How some of those accounts even created dedicated YouTube channels to harass Meghan. Markle."
The report said that YouTube channels earned thousands of dollars online by spreading hatred against the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.