Kenneth Petty has spent 6 months in prison for not registering as a sex offender. He is spending the rest of his sentence under supervised release, in his and his wife, Nicki Minaj,’s mansion. Federal prosecutors want him back in prison.
Kenneth Petty had to register as a sex offender in New York in 1995 due to an attempted rape conviction. When he moved to California, he did not re-register. He claims that he did not know that it was a thing that he had to do. Prosecutors do not believe him because he has had an annual warning about that for the last two decades.
When it went to trial, Petty pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison and supervised release. Prosecutors looked at what he has in his and Minaj’s house. They see that there is almost no reason for him to leave his house. This punishment is a slap on the wrist. They want to more than double his prison time, to 15 months. Prosecutors also want him to have a supervised release for 5 years, as well as a $55K fee.
Why revise Petty’s punishment?
The reason for the change is because of the drastic lifestyle change that Petty had recently gone through. He quit his day job, went to the other side of the country, and has adopted an affluent lifestyle.
Petty probably ignored it because he is now rich and famous. He thinks he can do whatever he wants and get away with it, like when he and Minaj tried to coerce his attempted rape victim to recant her testimony against him to the judge, through money and threatening her family. She told them no and spilled the beans, but apparently, that did not teach him his lesson.
The revised sentence is going to be looked at on July 6.
Written by Justin Acosta
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