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<\/p>\nBreaking News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n Cardi B<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s worldwide stardom will put her in a precarious position when she sits for a deposition next week \u2014 and that\u2019s why she wants the judge to keep the whole matter confidential.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Cardi is in a legal dogfight with her former manger \u2014 he sued her, then she sued him \u2014 and in new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, her attorneys say her monumental achievement as a world-renowned rapper makes her vulnerable to a feeding frenzy from both the public and the media.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Her team says if the video of her deposition, as well as the transcripts, get out to the public, it could harm her case \u2026 and expose private details about her life and finances.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Additionally, they\u2019ve got serious Internet meme concerns. As they put it in docs, if the material gets out \u201cit is highly likely that any such video will be reproduced and edited (and possibly manipulated) into out-of-context video clips and GIFs of her testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n As we first reported \u2026 Cardi\u2019s ex-manager, Shaft<\/strong>, claims he transformed her from an Instagram wannabe to a global celebrity. Shaft sued Cardi<\/strong><\/a> for $10 million in April 2018 \u2026 and then she countersued him<\/strong><\/a> for $15 million.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n One of Shaft\u2019s more significant claims \u2014 he says his contacts and personal team of writers and producers are responsible for her first massive hit, \u201cBodak Yellow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The judge hasn\u2019t ruled on Cardi\u2019s request for privacy, but her deposition is scheduled to go down in the second week of August.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n