Social media went absolutely wild this week after news broke that Cardi B just filed a fresh federal lawsuit in Florida against Tasha K’s husband, Cheickna Kebe, and his company Yelen Entertainment LLC. She’s accusing them of helping hide assets so Tasha could avoid paying the massive defamation judgment she still owes her.
This isn’t a new defamation case it’s Cardi going after the money she’s owed. Back in 2022, a Georgia federal jury hit Tasha K and her company with a brutal verdict, ordering them to pay Cardi somewhere around $3.8 to $4 million. The jury found that Tasha had straight-up lied in her YouTube videos, claiming Cardi had herpes, did hard drugs, and used to be a prostitute. That case became a pretty big deal for holding influencers accountable for the wild stuff they post for views.
After losing, Tasha filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Florida in 2023. Early 2025, she got a repayment plan approved where she’s supposed to pay about $1.2 million over five years from future earnings. The rest of the debt isn’t going away.
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But Cardi’s team has been saying for a while now that Tasha and the people around her have been playing games to keep the money out of reach.
The new lawsuit, filed on May 6, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, goes directly after Cheickna and Yelen Entertainment. Cardi’s lawyers claim they pulled off fraudulent transfers to shield cash and property. According to the complaint, right after the 2022 verdict, Cheickna started Yelen Entertainment and quietly moved all the operations and revenue from Tasha’s old company (Kebe Studios) over to the new one without properly paying for it. Then they basically shut down the old company.
Reports say YouTube money completely switched over to Yelen, which showed about $356k in gross receipts on its 2022 tax return. On the personal side, Tasha transferred her interest in their Gwinnett County, Georgia house to her husband for just $1 through a quitclaim deed. The suit also points to earnings being funneled through Yelen and even mentions possible offshore trusts.
Of course, these are still just allegations until proven in court.
The internet, especially on X, has been pretty one-sided on this. A lot of people are cheering Cardi on, seeing this as her finally putting real pressure on them to stop the alleged dodging. The whole thing has turned into another round of the long-running Cardi vs. Tasha drama, but this time it’s all about the money.
What makes this case interesting is that it’s going after the spouse and his business as third parties accused of helping hide assets. Cardi wants the court to undo those transfers, treat Yelen as basically the same as Tasha’s old company, and make them pay up which with interest and legal fees could now be over $6 million.
Legal folks are watching closely. If Cardi wins, it could make a lot of gossip bloggers and YouTubers think twice before running wild with unverified claims. It also shows how hard it can be to actually collect big judgments when someone’s business is mostly online and easy to move around.
The case is still in the very early stages and will need bankruptcy court approval to move forward. But if it plays out in Cardi’s favor, it might change how people in the influencer space try to protect their money.
For now, the fight keeps going both in the courtroom and online. One thing’s clear though: those viral videos can come with a very expensive reality check.
