Kenneth Petty, the husband of rap celebrity Nicki Minaj, was sentenced on Wednesday to a 12 months of residence confinement and three years’ probation for failing to register as a intercourse offender in California.
A consultant of the federal prosecutor’s workplace informed NBC that Petty, 44, was additionally ordered to pay a US$55,000 high-quality.
Petty was convicted of tried rape in New York in 1995 when he was 16 years outdated, in response to court docket paperwork. He served 4 years in jail. The conviction requires Petty to register as a intercourse offender wherever he chooses to dwell within the U.S.
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In September, Petty pleaded responsible to failing to register as a intercourse offender in California. He moved to the state in 2019 however was halted at a visitors cease the place authorities realized he had not but registered. Petty was indicted in March 2020.
Prosecutors for the case argued towards the house confinement, writing that they suggest Petty obtain a 15-month jail sentence.
Within the paperwork filed throughout a June sentencing, prosecutors claimed Petty knowingly didn’t register as a intercourse offender. Additionally they claimed residence confinement wouldn’t be an appropriate punishment, citing the six-bedroom, seven-bathroom Calabasas residence shared with Minaj as the rationale.
Amid the house confinement sentencing, Minaj shared a photograph of Petty and their son, nicknamed Papa Bear, to Instagram.
Petty and Minaj, 39, married in 2019. The Tremendous Bass rapper revealed the information in a put up to her Instagram account.
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In 2019, the sufferer of Petty’s Nineties rape filed a defamation and witness intimidation lawsuit towards Petty and Minaj. Based on the Los Angeles Occasions, Jennifer Hough stated she had been dwelling “in worry for the final 12 months” after allegedly being threatened by the celebs’ associates.
The lawsuit, filed within the U.S. District Court docket for the Japanese District of New York, is in search of US$15-million in damages. It’s unclear if the lawsuit has been settled, although Hough informed The Actual in 2021 she was supplied $20,000 to drop the allegations.
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