Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, sentenced for failing to register as sex offender in Los Angeles

CBS News Los Angeles: The Rundown (July 6 AM Edition)

Rapper Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, was sentenced Wednesday in Los Angeles to probation and home detention for failing to register as a sex offender.

Petty, 44, pleaded guilty last year to the federal charge of failing to register as a sex offender.

He was also ordered to pay a $55,000 fine as part of his sentence of three years' probation and a year in home detention, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

More than two decades before he married Minaj in 2019, Petty was convicted of the attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl in 1995. He served about four and a half years in prison, and as a condition of his conviction, he must register as a sex offender whenever he moves.

He and Minaj moved to California after marrying, and have a 2-year-old son.

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