Nicki Minaj’s husband Kenneth Petty arrested after failing to register as sex offender

Rapper previously defended husband’s past, writing: ‘Y’all can’t run my life’

Nicki Minaj’s husband Kenneth Petty has been arrested for failing to register as a sex offender.

Petty, who the rapper married in 2019, was pulled over by Los Angeles police in November 2019, where it was found that he had not registered as a sex offender in California.

US law dictates that sex offenders must register their status whenever they move to a new state, but Petty had failed to do so.

According to TMZ, Petty, 41, handed himself into police after failing to register since November.

Appearing before a judge in LA, Petty must wear an ankle monitor and pay a $100,000 bond, with a second hearing on his future scheduled for 23 March.

In 1995, Petty was convicted of the attempted first-degree rape of a 16-year-old girl one year prior. He was sentenced to between 18 and 54 months in New York state prison, serving for just under four years.

In 2006, Petty pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He ultimately served seven, while his name remains on the New York City sex offenders register.

In 2018, Minaj defended Petty’s past actions on social media, writing: “He was 15, she was 16 … in a relationship. But go awf, internet, y’all can’t run my life. y’all can’t even run y’all own life.”

She later referred to Wendy Williams as “demonic” after the talk show host discussed Petty’s past on television.