Earlier this week, Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, was arrested for failing to register as a sex offender in California. As of yesterday (Mar 7), the case against him was dropped.

A representative for the district attorney’s office stated that “The case was dismissed today because he is facing a similar charge in federal court.”

Petty had moved from New York to California in July 2019 and failed to register in California within five days of moving. According to New York State’s Sex Offender Registry, the offender must notify the Division of Criminal Justice Services within ten days of any change of address. Petty was pulled over in Los Angeles in November 2019 for failing to register and was arrested. He was later released on a $20,000 bond.

Petty’s sex offender status stems from a 1995 case where he was convicted of first-degree rape of a sixteen-year-old girl. He was sixteen at the time and served four years in prison.

When Petty was arrested a few days ago in LA on March 4th, he was also indicted by the Federal Government as well. Despite the local charges being dropped, if convicted on the federal level, Petty faces up to ten years in prison.

Petty will be required to wear an ankle monitor and will have a curfew. He also has to give up his passport and cannot travel outside of Southern California.

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Kenneth Petty, the husband of Nicki Minaj, is in federal custody on an indictment for failing to register as a sex offender. Petty turned himself in to U.S. Marshalls, TMZ reports.

Petty will see a judge later today. The report states Petty was pulled over in Beverly Hills in November 2019, which kickstarted his current legal issues. During the November 15 traffic stop, Petty was found to have registered as a sex offender in New York State but did not in California although it was required. He was arrested, charged with failing to register as a sex offender and released on a $20,000 bond.

After that incident, he did not correct the issue and now it has become a federal case, indicted on the same charges.

Petty was convicted in 1995 for first-degree attempted rape and served nearly four years in prison in New York. If convicted, Petty faces up to 10 years in prison.

Just last week, Nicki Minaj sent a message out to media, rappers and fans about her husband after a video of him in Trinidad during carnival hit online showing Petty push away someone reaching for Minaj. Nicki would apologize on her husband’s behalf before letting off her message.

“My husband be all over the blogs & he don’t even know it,” she said. “No social media to see y’all talk about him more than y’all talk bout these rappers dats out here doin the most for y’all attention… I could never comment on a regular man this much.”

She would double down on the statement on Instagram stating: “Rappers would kill for this attention chile.”

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