Nicki Minaj Defends Sex Offender Boyfriend
by EG
Nicki Minaj has a new boyfriend, and she doesn't want to hear from anyone who has a problem with his status as a registered sex offender. Nicki fired back at social media critics about the relationship. Read on for details.
Via People.
Fans are not impressed with Nicki Minaj’s new beau.
The “Barbie Dreams” rapper appeared to make her reported romance with Kenneth “Zoo” Petty — who is a registered sex offender in New York — Instagram official over the weekend after posting photos of him from her 36th birthday celebration in Turks and Caicos.
On Sunday, Minaj shared two photos — one that features her posing with her leg wrapped around Petty while he looks at her lovingly another shot of him looking off into the distance — along with a caption quoting lyrics from Adele’s 2015 hit, “Hello.”
“Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happens?…it’s no secret…that the both of us…are running out of time,” Minaj wrote.
Minaj — who turned 36 on Saturday — posted numerous photos and videos from her trip over the weekend. In one clip, Minaj stumbles while posing for pictures with two of her girlfriends and a man, who presumably is Petty, can be heard in the background laughing and saying, “Baby, get your ass up!”
Neither a manager nor a rep for Minaj returned PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Minaj disabled the comments on the post debuting her new relationship after fans started slamming her for being with Petty given his questionable past.
Petty, 40, is a level two registered sex offender in New York, which means he’s considered a “moderate risk of repeat offense” and will be required to register as a sex offender for life.
According to online records from the New York pision of Criminal Justice Services, Petty was convicted in April 1995 of attempted rape in the first degree for an incident that occurred in September 1994 involving a 16-year-old girl. He was sentenced to 18 to 54 months in prison, but it is unclear how much time he actually served.
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