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Nicki Minaj subtly confirmed help to her husband, Kenneth Petty, after he was sentenced to 3 years probation on July 6. The rapper took to Instagram to share two uncommon pictures of Kenneth and the pair’s son, who is just know publicly as ‘Papa Bear.’ Within the first pic, Papa Bear sits on Kenneth’s shoulders, with each of them staring straight into the digital camera. Within the second pic, Nicki joins her guys, cozying as much as Kenneth from behind and exhibiting off lengthy, purple locks.
The put up got here simply hours after Kenneth was sentenced in Los Angeles. He acquired three years probation and a yr of house detention after pleading responsible to failing to register as a intercourse offender in California, in response to CBS Information. He will even reportedly must pay a $55,000 positive.
Kenneth was convicted of first-degree tried rape of a 16-year-old woman within the mid Nineteen Nineties, lengthy earlier than he and Nicki acquired collectively. After spending time in a New York jail for the crime, he was required to register as a intercourse offender within the state. His sentence required that he register as a intercourse offender in any state that he moved to sooner or later.
In November 2019, Kenneth bumped into some authorized hassle throughout a site visitors cease in Los Angeles. When police ran his license, they found that he didn’t register as a intercourse offender in California, regardless of beforehand transferring there with Nicki. He was arrested on the time, however finally launched after paying a $20,000 bond. In March 2020, Kenneth was arrested once more after he nonetheless didn’t register in California, a state which requires registration. He pled not responsible to the costs on the time.
Nonetheless, in Sept. 2021, Kenneth appeared nearly in court docket, the place he pled responsible for failure to register as a intercourse offender in California. His attainable sentencing was up 10 ten years in jail, so the probation and residential detention he did obtain is definitely a a lot lesser sentence. Nicki has not verbally commented on the state of affairs, however the timing of her newest Instagram put up says all of it!
