Nicki Minaj's Husband Kenneth Petty Reaches Plea Deal In Criminal Case, Prosecutors Won’t Seek Prison Time
Aug. 6 2021, Published 8:26 p.m. ET
Nicki Minaj's husband Kenneth Petty has taken a plea deal in the case accusing him of failing to register as a sex offender.
According to reports, Petty has agreed to plead guilty to one charge of "failure to register" and prosecutors agreed to not seek jail time. in court, Petty says the government agreed to a minimum of "5 years of supervised release", as opposed to the maximum sentence of "10 years in prison with a lifetime of supervised release".
Prosecutors said Petty was required to register when he arrived in California to live with his fiancé, now-wife. Petty having to register stems from his 1995 conviction for first-degree attempted rape.
Petty and his alleged victim were 16 at the time. The girl told law enforcement Petty used a sharp object to force her to have sex with him. Petty ended up serving 4 years in prison.
This is not the first time that the 43-year-old's criminal past has haunted him. The couple recently welcomed their first child, but due to his status as a sex offender, he was required to get permission from a court in order to be at the hospital for his birth.