Kenneth Petty, who is married to Nicki Minaj, was sentenced on Wednesday, July 6, to one year of home confinement for failing to register as a sex offender.Petty, 44, also received three years of probation and a fine of $55,000, according to NBC.
The music executive pleaded guilty in September 2021 to one count of failure to register as a sex offender.That same month, Us Weekly confirmed that Minaj’s husband could face up to 10 years in prison after he failed to register when he moved to California in 2019.
The New York native’s charge stems from a 1995 conviction for attempted rape. Petty served four and a half years in prison following an incident that occurred in 1994 with a 16-year-old girl.
After his release, Petty must register as a sex offender whenever he moves.Petty’s legal issues continued when he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in 2006 after shooting a man four years prior.
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