WELP: Nicki Minaj's Husband Kenneth Petty Put On House Arrest For Viral Video Of Him Threatening Offset
09/21/2023 09:11 AM
Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, is facing real-life consequences for threatening messages he sent on social media.
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Petty has been ordered to serve 120 days of home detention after violating the terms of his probation. This comes after he posted clips on social media that were seemingly meant to threaten Offset.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Petty was ordered to undertake home monitoring in a court order filed on Wednesday in the Central District of California. This order came after Minaj’s husband "was recorded on video making threatening remarks to a specific individual while in the company of someone with a criminal record."
An LA federal judge has ordered Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, to serve "up to" 120 days on home detention for "making threatening remarks toward a specific individual while in the company of someone with a criminal record."
The individual is Offset, Cardi B's husband.
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) September 21, 2023
The individual mentioned in the order is Offset–the husband of Nicki Minaj’s longtime nemesis Cardi B–and the clips detail messages that Petty aimed at the “Clout” rapper that were posted on September 16.
Thanks to everyone who @'d me on this tonight. You all are an amazing case alert system.
For background, U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald in July 2022 sentenced Petty to three years probation for failing to register as a sex offender.
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) September 21, 2023
Also notable: Probation officer and judge did not need an outside report/complaint to act on this. @OffsetYRN and @iamcardib didn't even seem to care – Offset LOL'd about it in a video as he walked off a jet, I think while going to say hey to Deion Sanders at the Colorado game.
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) September 21, 2023
In July 2022, Kenneth Petty was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty to failing to register as a sex offender in the state of California in 2020. In 1995, he was convicted for the first-degree attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl, after which he spent four years in a New York prison.
In the viral clip from September 16, Petty and his friends are hanging outside of a New York City hotel, one where Offset was supposedly staying. In the clip, Kenneth makes multiple threats, including the implication that he and his crew will leave the rapper dead.
"Plan that vacation, you gonna be planning your funeral p***y!” he says in the clip.
In a bizarre video with solo cups in hand, registered sex offender Kenneth Petty and his associates stand outside on an empty street waiting for Grammy nominee Offset to come outside. It appears this was an attempt to attack him.
— Mr. Pop (@MrPopOfficial) September 16, 2023
Offset later responded with his own video, seemingly not too concerned about the threats being launched at him.
"I'm getting off a jet, he's funny," Offset said, implying that Minaj’s husband is broke.
