Kenneth Petty, husband of rap superstar Nicki Minaj, was sentenced Wednesday to one year of home confinement and three years of probation for failing to register as a sex offender in California.
A representative from the US attorney’s office told NBC that Petty, 44, was also ordered to pay a fine of US$55,000.
Petty was convicted of attempted rape in New York in 1995 when he was 16, according to court documents. He served four years in prison. The conviction requires Petty to register as a sex offender wherever he chooses to live in the US.
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In September, Petty pleaded guilty to unable to register as a sex offender in California. She moved to the state in 2019, but was pulled over at a traffic stop where authorities learned she hadn’t registered yet. Petty was charged in March 2020.
Prosecutors in the case argued against home confinement, writing that they recommend Petty receive a 15-month prison sentence.
In paperwork filed during the June sentencing, prosecutors asserted that Petty knowingly failed to register as a sex offender. They also claimed that home confinement would not be an acceptable punishment, citing the six-bedroom, seven-bathroom Calabasas home shared with Minaj as the reason.
Amid the home confinement sentence, Minaj shared a photo of Petty and her son, nicknamed Papa Bear, on Instagram.
Petty and Minaj, 39, married in 2019. The Super low The rapper revealed the news in a post on her Instagram account.
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In 2019, the victim of Petty’s 1990s rape filed a defamation and witness intimidation lawsuit. lawsuit against Petty and Minaj. According to the Los Angeles Times, Jennifer Hough said she had been living “in fear for the past year” after allegedly being threatened by celebrity associates.
The suit, filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, seeks damages of US$15 million. It’s unclear if the lawsuit has been settled, though Hough said The real in 2021 she was offered $20,000 to drop charges.
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