Kenneth Petty Biography
Kenneth Petty (Zoo Bang) an American music executive famous for his romantic relationship with American female rapper, Nicki Minaj. He was formerly convicted over two registered sex offender in the state of New York. He was in jail as of 2006 and 2013 on manslaughter charges in New York.
Kenneth Petty Age
Petty was born in 1978 in Queens, New York, USA.
Kenneth Petty Nicki Minaj
Kenneth and Nicki Minaj’ are said to have had been in a relationship when Minaj was 16 years old. The duo estranged until 2018 when they picked from where they had left off with Nicki announcing that they were dating in December, nd often referred to him as “Ken to her Barbie.”
Their relationship is said led to their marriage, a secreat move until Nicki made the announcement of her marriage to Petty on her official Instagram page. She as well mentioned October 21, 2019 as their wedding day. According to E!News, the couple reportedly got a marriage license in a Beverly Hills Courthouse at the end of July 2019.
Kenneth Petty Arrested
Petty was arrested on 4th by U.S. Marshals for failing to register himself as a sex offender in the state of California. He surrendered to the authorities and spent his time in federal custody before being released on a bond.
He as well had several brushes with the authorities, his first major arrest being on 16 September, 1994 in New York. It was at this time that he was booked as a sex offender by the New York Police Department for having sexual encounters with a 16-year-old girl.
At the age of16 he allegedly had a cutting object during the attempted attack which he was reported to have used to force the girl to have sex with him. On April 5, 1995, he got sentenced to 18-54 months in prison. After 4 years, he got released from jail in January of 1999.
In 2006, he was accused of shooting and killing Lamont Robinson on 27th April, 2002. He got jail and sentenced to 10 years behind bars and he ended up serving 7 years out of the ten. He late became part of a supervised release program upon his release as of 2013 to 2018.
While in jail he still couldn’t keep off from trouble. From the many violations involving him, he had 4 months in solitary confinement. After he got released, he brushed with the authorities in September 2018 for driving while his license was suspended.
In July 2019, he relocated moved from New York to California, a move that required him to get registered as a sex offender in his new place of residence too. He though failed to register as a sex offender in California and on 4th March 2020 he was arrested again by the U.S. Marshals Service. Under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, offenders are legally required to update registration in “each jurisdiction they reside, are employed, or attend school.”
Failure to properly register and update personal information within a jurisdiction is considered a federal offense and can result in fines and a maximum 10-year prison sentence.
He peaded not guilty and was released on a $100,000 bond, according to TMZ reports. He was ordered to abide by a set curfew and wear an ankle monitor as well as hand over his passport, limiting him to traveling outside of Southern California. He as well ordered to keep off from drug use, which includes marijuana despite it being legal in the state. His court date was set to March 23, 2020.