Kenneth Petty – who pleaded guilty to failing to register last year – was also ordered to pay a fine of $55,000 (£46,000). The 44-year-old was convicted of rape in New York in 1995 but failed to register within the required five days after moving to California in 2019. He has served four years in prison for the 1995 crime. Prosecutors previously urged the judge to sentence Petty to further prison time, arguing that house arrest was not a severe enough sentence. Petty also served seven years in prison in 2006 after pleading guilty to first-degree murder. His name remains on New York’s sex offender registry. Minaj and Petty got married in 2019 and currently live together in a mansion in Calabasas in Los Angeles County, California. Minaj has previously defended her husband’s past actions, writing on social media in 2018: “He was 15, she was 16… in a relationship. But come on, internet, you can’t run my life. don’t even run my life you”. He also called American host Wendy Williams “demonic” after the talk show host discussed Petty’s past on TV.
