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Cardi B pleads not guilty to new charges in strip club brawl

The Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B has been arraigned on new felony charges in connection with a fight last year at a New York City strip club.

Rapper Cardi B leaves Queens County Criminal Court on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in New York.
Rapper Cardi B leaves Queens County Criminal Court on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in New York.Read moreMary Altaffer / AP
    by The Associated Press, The Associated Press
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NEW YORK — Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B has been arraigned on new felony charges in connection with a fight last year at a New York City strip club.

The rapper was dressed in a dark blue pantsuit with her hair tinted blue. She pleaded not guilty in state court Tuesday to attempted assault and various lesser charges.

Police say Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, and her entourage were at the club when she argued with a bartender.

They say a fight broke out in which chairs, bottles, and hookah pipes were thrown, causing minor injuries to the woman and another employee. The rapper rejected a plea deal earlier this year.

Two other defendants in the case who allegedly participated in the brawl pleaded not guilty to similar charges.