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Las Vegas police receive battery complaint after mid-show altercation with Cardi B
By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 1 August 2023
A police report has been filed by an audience member after an altercation occurred during a Cardi B show in Las Vegas this weekend.
During a performance at Drai’s Beachclub on Saturday, an audience member threw a drink at the rapper. She then quickly retaliated by throwing her microphone at said audience member.
Video footage of the event seems to show the person who threw the drink subsequently apologising before being escorted out of the venue by security. Cardi B then reportedly left the stage shortly after the incident.
Subsequent to all that, the Las Vegas Metro Police Department said in a statement to Variety: “On 30 Jul 2023, an individual came into an LVMPD police station to report a battery. According to the victim, she was attending an event on 29 Jul 2023, at a property located in the 3500 block of Las Vegas Boulevard. During a concert, she was struck by an item that was thrown from the stage”.
It’s not clear if the person who filed the complaint was the audience member who threw the drink, or whether another person was hit by the microphone.
There have been a number of incidents of late where audience members have thrown items on stage. Most notably, a man was arrested after he threw a mobile phone at the stage during a performance by Bebe Rexha, who was injured as a result requiring stitches above her left eye.
