Kenneth Petty is thrown into federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender after moving from New York to California in 2019 before his marriage to his femcee wife.
- Mar 5, 2020
AceShowbiz - Nicki Minaj's husband Kenneth Petty landed in trouble with the law. Kenneth, who moved to California in July 2019 a month before marrying the female rapper, was thrown into the slammer for failing to register as a sex offender.
According to TMZ, the trouble started when he got pulled over in Beverly Hills in November last year. The LAPD officers found out he's a registered sex offender in New York state but had not registered in his new home state of California.
Rumor has it, the feds are on the case. Kenneth was detained after turning himself in but has since been released on a $20,000 bond. He is facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted on the federal charge for failing to register.
Kenneth Petty is a level two registered sex offender in New York, which means he's a "moderate risk of repeat offense." He was convicted of first-degree attempted rape in 1995. He served almost 4 years in New York state prison and was required to register as a sex offender when he's released.
Nicki Minaj started dating Kenneth Petty in 2018. After a year of relationship, she filed for a marriage license in August 2019 and then announced their marriage in October.
She faced criticisms due to his checkered past but she fiercely defended him. "He was 15, she was 16 ... in a relationship," she once addressed the issue on social media. "But go awf Internet. Y'all can't run my life. Y'all can't even run y'all own life. Thank you boo."
She almost gave up her career amid the overwhelming criticisms which included the backlash over her brother's rape case. "I've decided to retire & have my family. I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me," she tweeted back in September 2019.
She, however, backtracked almost immediately, "The tweet was abrupt & insensitive, I apologize babe."
