{"id":104846,"date":"2022-10-22T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cardi-b-wins-suit-against-man-who-accused-her-of-tarnishing-his-tiger-tattoo\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T14:54:00","slug":"cardi-b-wins-suit-against-man-who-accused-her-of-tarnishing-his-tiger-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cardi-b-wins-suit-against-man-who-accused-her-of-tarnishing-his-tiger-tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B Wins Suit Against Man Who Accused Her of Tarnishing His Tiger Tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>Cardi B won a copyright on Friday after being accused of infringement.<\/li>\n<li>The man suing said Cardi B misappropriated his likeness by using his tattoo on a suggestive mixtape cover.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It felt like my Michelangelo was stolen off the wall,&#8221; Kevin Michael Brophy said during the trial.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup &#10;                        headline-regular loading\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"morning_news\" data-list=\"Insider Today\" data-acq-source=\"newsinlinesignup\">\n<section class=\"inline-newsletter-content\">\n<div class=\"js-loader hidden\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"svg-icon \" version=\"1.1\" role=\"img\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                        <title>loading<\/title>\n                        <desc>Something is loading.<\/desc>\n                        <path fill=\"#111\" d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\">\n                          <animatetransform attributetype=\"xml\" attributename=\"transform\" type=\"rotate\" from=\"0 25 25\" to=\"360 25 25\" dur=\"0.6s\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\"\/>\n                        <\/path>\n                      <\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"success-container__mobile d-none\">\n<p>Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p>                            Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you&#8217;re on the go.<br \/>\n                            <button class=\"rounded-button headline-bold white-button download\" type=\"white\"><br \/>\n                              download the app<br \/>\n                            <\/button>      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>A federal jury took Cardi B&#8217;s side Friday afternoon in a argument that saw the rapper fighting to defend her mixtape cover art from the man who allegedly inspired it.<\/p>\n<p>Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Alm\u00e1nzar, appeared at a Santa Ana, California, courthouse to stand trial against Kevin Michael Brophy, who accused her of misappropriating his likeness, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p>Brophy sued the Grammy-winning rapper for copyright infringement in 2017 after a tattoo of a tiger snapping at a snake surrounded by roses, which covers Brophy&#8217;s back, was edited onto the back of a model on the cover of her debut mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music , Vol.  1. On the cover, the tattooed model can be seen giving the rapper oral sex in a limousine. <\/p>\n<p>After winning the trial, Cardi B shared her gratitude on Twitter: &#8220;IM BEYOND GRATEFUL,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamcardib\/status\/1583603850950234113?s=20&amp;t=gEZHiWUFwhE852Bd4e8K7g\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" target=\"_blank\">she wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet blockquote\" data-lang=\"en\" data-cards=\"\" data-conversation=\"\"><p>\u2014Cardi B (@iamcardib) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mims\/statuses\/1583603850950234113\" target=\"_blank\">October 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Brophy, who sought $5 million in damages, argued the image of his tattoo used on the album \u2014 which was pulled from the internet \u2014 &#8220;devalued&#8221; the art, which took months to complete, Courthouse News reported.  Brophy designed the artwork with tattoo artist Tim Hendricks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was my Michelangelo,&#8221; Brophy said during his testimony.  &#8220;People would come up to me: &#8216;I can&#8217;t believe you own that piece, can I see it?&#8217;  When you get one little tattoo, that&#8217;s one thing. This was a journey. It took a lot of pride. I want to protect this as much as I can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8220;It just felt devalued. It felt like my Michelangelo was stolen off the wall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brophy also argued that he was &#8220;humiliated&#8221; as a family man with young children. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cardi B argued that she had nothing to do with the album art and that Brophy&#8217;s life and career have not concluded as a result of her using a piece of his tattoo for her work.  She also previously argued the album art was transformative and fell under fair use, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>At one point in the three-day trial, Cardi B and Brophy&#8217;s lawyer, A. Barry Cappello, got into a heated exchange during cross-examination. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He hasn&#8217;t gotten fired, hasn&#8217;t gotten divorced. How has he commented? Please, tell me how he has had?&#8221;  Cardi B asked on the stand.<\/p>\n<p>Cardi B&#8217;s lawyers also argued Brophy&#8217;s tattoo concept was fairly commonplace and that the public had not associated Brophy&#8217;s tattoo with Cardi B&#8217;s artwork until he filed his lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one looked at that artwork and thought, &#8216;Oh my God, Mike Brophy, what is he doing with Cardi B?'&#8221; Cardi B&#8217;s lawyer, Peter Anderson, said during his closing argument. <\/p>\n<p>After the trial, Brophy and Cardi B spoke and shook hands, the AP reported.  &#8220;At the end of the day, I do respect you as an artist,&#8221; Brophy told Cardi B.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Brophy and Cardi B did not immediately respond to Insider&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardi B won a copyright on Friday after being accused of infringement. The man suing said Cardi B misappropriated his likeness by using his tattoo on a suggestive mixtape cover. &#8220;It felt like my Michelangelo was stolen off the wall,&#8221; Kevin Michael Brophy said during the trial. loading Something is loading. 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