Cardi B absolved in lawsuit over suggestive mixtape artwork

Cardi B during a copyright infringement lawsuit in Santa Ana, California (Chris Pizzello/AP)

A jury has sided with Cardi B in a copyright infringement case involving a man who claimed the Grammy-winning rapper misused his back tattoos for her sexually suggestive 2016 mixtape cover art.

The federal jury in Santa Ana, southern California, ruled Kevin Michael Brophy did not prove Cardi B misappropriated his likeness.