Kenneth Petty, who has turned himself in for failing to register as a sex offender in California, is waiting for his April trial after pleading guilty to the federal crime.
- March 16, 2020
AceShowbiz - Nicki Minaj's husband Kenneth Petty has pleaded with a California judge to allow him to use the Internet, after he was barred due to his pending criminal case.
Petty got caught up in legal trouble when the 41-year-old, who was convicted of first-degree attempted rape in his native New York back in 1995, turned himself in to authorities on 4 March after U.S. Marshals indicted him for failing to register as a sex offender following his move to California with Minaj last summer (July 2019).
He pleaded not guilty to the federal crime and was released on bond but, as he awaits his April trial, Petty pleaded with a judge to allow him to use the Internet - which the terms of his pretrial release forbid.
Currently, Petty can't use the web without a supervisor's approval and, according to papers obtained by TMZ, prosecutors have already agreed to Kenneth's request, meaning it's up to the judge to sign off on the matter.
Petty, who wed the "Starships" rapper in October, served almost four years in a New York prison for the sex attack.
His undocumented status in California had initially been flagged in November, when he was pulled over by traffic police in Beverly Hills.
At the time, he was taken into custody and charged by local officials, but the state case against him has since been dropped to allow federal authorities to pursue the charge at a higher level, according to a report by Pitchfork.
