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A judge sentenced Charles Polevich to one year for hit-and-run crash that killed Robert Maraj, Nicki Minaj's father. Maraj's widow called the sentence a "slap in the face for the family."

Kenneth Petty received three years of probation and one of home confinement for failing to register as a sex offender — a requirement of his 1995 attempted rape conviction. 

Charles Polevic has pleaded guilty to killing Robert Maraj, the father of pop star Nicki Minaj, in a hit-and-run accident in Feb. 2021.

Kenneth Petty, who is scheduled to be sentenced in January, could face up to 10 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release.

Kenneth Petty reportedly faces up to a decade in prison if convicted for previous registration violations.

Jelani Maraj was accused in 2015 of routinely raping his stepdaughter, beginning when she was 11 years old.

Nicki Minaj apparently didn't appreciate Wendy Williams bringing up her new husband's past brushes with the law.

Cardi B and Nicki Minaj offered staunch defenses of their fellow rapper and collaborator 21 Savage, who was the subject of a joke on Twitter from Republican pundit Tomi Lahren after he was arrested by ICE.

Nicki Minaj is defending her new partner, Kenneth Petty, a registered sex offender who served seven years in prison for first-degree manslaughter.

During an episode of her Queen Radio show, Nicki Minaj also warned that Cardi B would “die” if she put her hands on “certain people.”