Federal prosecutors are moving to sentence Nicki Minaj's husband Kenneth Petty to over a year in jail for failing to register as a s***offender, according to court documents. The trial is set to commence on July 6th.
"Having previously been convicted of attempted rape, defendant knowingly failed to register as a s***offender upon moving to California," prosecutors said in a recent filing. Petty, now 44, served four years in jail in 1995 after pleading guilty to the attempted rape of Jennifer Hough, who was then 16 years old.
In August, Hough also sued Minaj and Petty in New York for intentional infliction of emotional distress and sexual assault, alleging that the couple attempted to pay her $500,000 to recant the allegations, and intimidated her on various occasions – claiming that the couple was trying to coerce her to help them get Petty off of the registry.
That case has now moved to California where the couple lives. Minaj was also dropped as a defendant in January. Still, prosecutors are pursuing action against Petty, saying that when he moved to California in 2019 while dating Minaj, he failed to register as a s***offender.
"The timing of defendant's lapse in registration is concerning, given that it occurred when defendant began dating his wife, quit his job, moved to Los Angeles, and adopted an affluent lifestyle," prosecutors wrote in the filing.
"Defendant has been completing s***offender registration documents for nearly 20 years," prosecutors wrote in the filing. "Over the course of two decades, he was repeatedly warned that if he moved to another state, it was his responsibility to follow any local, city, state, federal, or international laws regarding registration."
Prosecutors said that Petty should face 15 months behind bars and pay a $55,000 fine. Petty is due to appear at a sentencing hearing on July 6.
Should be arrested for that fit alone
Someone tweeted out “they can actually take their kids to water parks unlike someone else” in regards to Cardi and offset. I didn’t get it until just now clicking this thread
Barbz, we got work to do.
Obviously Rape is f***in terrible but this is internet weird hyperbole. If someone did that at 14-17 and you come up to them tryna talk about that s*** shaming them at 74-77, you are odd and have no scope of time
You don’t gotta do all this to have the stance of rape is bad
idc how old a person is if they tried to rape someone at knifepoint i'm spitting in their face. if u don't feel the same then to me ur on their side. sure it's possible to mature out of being a s***ty person - but truly foul men rarely grow up.
last week in germany an ex-nazi camp guard got convicted at 110 years old. as he f***ing should've. u gonna try n tell me he "was just taking orders" or some s*** too? evil doesn't age - nine times out of ten it just gets worse with time.
While I’m a big supporter of prison reform and rehabilitation and banning the box. I think it goes without saying that there should be an exception for sexual offenders, as they can’t be rehabilitated.
This has been a very weird saga in that Nicki has been so supportive of a rapist.
Hol up. How can't rapists be rehabilitated. And why we excusing murders s*** robbers. Robbery is one people are def bound to get back doing after serving time
Have some smoke for dude, Nicki ain't do nothin
This the most ignorant s*** said in here
You definitely done some weird s*** caping for somebody who tried to rape someone at knife point
Smh. No one can do better for themselves after starting out wrong huh
I don’t disagree with you but y’all be making some wild ass statements super confidently
Bruh s*** crazy
Still don’t know how this man got to taste Nicki’s liquids. Life ain’t fair. Throw him in the jail.
note the fact he didn’t follow procedure - let this man get sent to a community jail at the very least.
While I’m a big supporter of prison reform and rehabilitation and banning the box. I think it goes without saying that there should be an exception for sexual offenders, as they can’t be rehabilitated.
This has been a very weird saga in that Nicki has been so supportive of a rapist.
Not only sexual offenders, but you're right
Smh. No one can do better for themselves after starting out wrong huh
If you stole some s***, yeah. Crimes that have to do with materialism/money, where no violence is used. Selling d**** another example
If you (tried to) rape someone, no
Can't imagine the arguments they have. The amount of money Nicki spent on him she got his balls on a chokehold
If you stole some s***, yeah. Crimes that have to do with materialism/money, where no violence is used. Selling d**** another example
If you (tried to) rape someone, no
I think this is so unfair. Cause if the justification is the trauma the victim goes through people who get robbed amd pistol whipped will get affected by trauma also. But after the person commiting the crime goes to jail and past 10 years think they should have a chance to redeem themselves
I think this is so unfair. Cause if the justification is the trauma the victim goes through people who get robbed amd pistol whipped will get affected by trauma also. But after the person commiting the crime goes to jail and past 10 years think they should have a chance to redeem themselves
I'm saying where no violence is used
Smh. No one can do better for themselves after starting out wrong huh
I mean, you can. But seeing how he never registered and intimidated the victim with Nicki, I wouldn’t say he’s one of those people who are “doing better”
Imagine being the scum of society, then getting a free ride, then f***ing it all up again.
I think this is so unfair. Cause if the justification is the trauma the victim goes through people who get robbed amd pistol whipped will get affected by trauma also. But after the person commiting the crime goes to jail and past 10 years think they should have a chance to redeem themselves
10 years is taking it lightly. If you rape someone then you should expect to get flack for it past 15 years tbh.