Cardi B, who participated in a major concert in Central Park in New York on Saturday night, spent Monday in a Queens police station after being arrested and charged with misconduct and assault.

Officer Andrew Lava, a spokesman for the New York Police Department, confirmed that the platinum rapper, accompanied by his lawyer, went to the 109th police station, was arrested and released with a later date of hearing, unspecified.

Because the charges are crimes, she was eligible to be released on an office ticket, Lava said.

His attorney, attorney Jeff Kern, acknowledged receiving the summons as they were leaving a Queens Police Station on Monday, saying he "was not aware of anything. no evidence "that Cardi B" had wronged anyone ".

The accusations imply a bout of assault on the On August 29, not far from the Angels Strip Club compound, Cardi B and others around him reportedly threw away furniture, causing injuries to employees' feet and legs.

No one else has been arrested or charged in connection with the scrum, Lava said.

Neither Lava nor another NYPD spokesman, Officer Arlene Muniz, was able to provide much details about the incident, but TMZ and ABC News, among others, have told that it was an assault on two female bartenders. tonight.

TMZ presented a paparazzi photo of the hip-hop star who was walking towards the speaker, wearing blond hair at the Marilyn Monroe, a white blouse, white heels and a khaki skirt divided on the side.

Cardi B, with a lump on his forehead, leaves after an altercation with Nicki Minaj during an evening at New York Fashion Week at The Plaza on September 7, 2018. (Photo: Charles Sykes / Invision / AP)

His lawyer has not been identified. Its representatives at Atlantic Records did not immediately respond to an email from USA TODAY requesting comments.

Cardi B, 25, was in New York Saturday night at the Global Citizen 2018 concert in Central Park's big lawn.

She is no stranger to problems and arguments. His latest episode, with rap star Nicki Minaj, took place less than a month ago at a New York Fashion Week party, where they quarreled, which led Cardi B to escort a huge lump over his eye.

A person who witnessed the incident and requested anonymity because she was not allowed to speak publicly told The Associated Press that Minaj was finishing a conversation with a person when Cardi B attempted to 'attack.

Later, Cardi B alleged on Instagram that Minaj had made derogatory remarks about her ability to be a good mother. (She and the Offset rapper recently welcomed a girl.) Minaj called this a "bunch of lies."

Contribution: Associated Press

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