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Lawyer: Cardi B 'humiliated' man with racy image on mixtape

Cardi B appears at the Diamond Ball benefit gala in New York on Sept. 12, 2019. [AP]

A self-described family man with a distinctive back tattoo felt humiliated after Cardi B allegedly misused his likeness for her sexually suggestive mixtape cover art, his lawyer said during opening arguments Tuesday.

Kevin Michael Brophy is suing the Grammy-winning musician in a $5 million copyright-infringement lawsuit in federal court in Southern California. His attorneys say Brophy's life was disrupted and he suffered distress because of the 2016 artwork.

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