While the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office announced on Friday (Mar. 6) that it was dropping charges against Nicki Minaj’s husband Kenneth Petty for failing to register as a sex offender, that does not mean he is in the clear.
Department of Justice officials revealed that Petty is still facing federal charges for the same failure to register as a sex offender offense.According to a grand jury indictment, Petty, who was convicted of attempted rape in the first degree in 1995 in New York, was charged Feb.
25 with failure to register as a sex offender, a requirement under the 2006 Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).LADA spokesperson Greg Risling tells Billboard they dropped their charges against Petty due to the fact.
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