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Nicki Minaj’s Husband, Kenneth Petty, Was Sentenced To In-Home Confinement

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Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty was sentenced to one year of in-home detention. Image Source: Johnny Nunez/Getty Images

The U.S. Attorney’s Office reported that on Wednesday, Jul 6, a federal judge sentenced Kenneth Petty, Nicki Minaj’s husband, to one year of in-home confinement. The court also ordered Petty to serve three years of probation. In 2020, the defendant pleaded guilty to violating California’s law regarding registering sexual offenders.

FMHipHop reported that Kenneth was convicted of attempted rape in 1995, which required him to register as a sex offender in New York City. When he moved to California with his wife, he was unaware that he had to re-register as a sexual offender. However, prosecutors did not believe him since he allegedly knew about this for the past twenty years.

In his testimony at the hearing, Petty accepted full responsibility for his actions and the consequence thereof. “I take full responsibility for whatever happens today,” he said. “I’m ashamed, embarrassed, and disrespected my wife’s brand. There are no excuses. I broke the law. I thank you for giving me the chance to speak, to apologize.”

Kenneth Petty Sentenced To In-Home Detention
Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty. Image source: Jamie Mccarthy/Getty Images for Marc Jacobs

Moreover, Petty and Nicki live in a beautiful mansion in a gated community. Putting Kenneth in home detention would not appear to be an appropriate punishment. Accordingly, the prosecutors recommended incarceration for 15 months and a five-year probation sentence. This harsh sentence was, however, rejected by the judge.

1995’s Rape Accusations: What Did Kenneth Petty Do?

Court documents acquired by The Blast indicate that Kenneth Petty was suspected of pressing something on the back of a 16-year-old girl as she walked to school. Furthermore, until they were at his house, he gave her the command to “keep walking.” However, she managed to escape by hitting him with a bottle after he allegedly started raping her while holding a knife.

In addition, Jennifer Hough, who grew up in South Jamaica, Queens, and claims Petty raped her, sued both him and Minaj. Hough pressed charges against the couple in 2021. She claimed Minaj and Petty were trying to bully her into retracting her rape claim, reports People. According to the thorough report published by The Daily Beast, Jennifer Hough allegedly received $20,000 in exchange for signing a statement denying the rape.

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Prosecutors Want Kenneth Petty Back In Prison

Kenneth Petty has spent 6 months in prison for not registering as a sex offender. He is spending the rest of his sentence under supervised release, in his and his wife, Nicki Minaj,’s mansion. Federal prosecutors want him back in prison.

Kenneth Petty had to register as a sex offender in New York in 1995 due to an attempted rape conviction. When he moved to California, he did not re-register. He claims that he did not know that it was a thing that he had to do. Prosecutors do not believe him because he has had an annual warning about that for the last two decades.

When it went to trial, Petty pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison and supervised release. Prosecutors looked at what he has in his and Minaj’s house. They see that there is almost no reason for him to leave his house. This punishment is a slap on the wrist. They want to more than double his prison time, to 15 months. Prosecutors also want him to have a supervised release for 5 years, as well as a $55K fee.

Why revise Petty’s punishment?

The reason for the change is because of the drastic lifestyle change that Petty had recently gone through. He quit his day job, went to the other side of the country, and has adopted an affluent lifestyle.

Petty probably ignored it because he is now rich and famous. He thinks he can do whatever he wants and get away with it, like when he and Minaj tried to coerce his attempted rape victim to recant her testimony against him to the judge, through money and threatening her family. She told them no and spilled the beans, but apparently, that did not teach him his lesson.

The revised sentence is going to be looked at on July 6.

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