According to legal documents obtained by Complex, Kenneth Perry turned himself in on Wednesday after he was indicted for failing to register as a sex offender.
The 41-year-old was convicted for first-degree attempted rape 25 years ago in New York, and ultimately served four years behind bars.
Following his release, Petty was ordered to register as a sex offender within the state; however, he neglected to re-register when he moved to California in July 2019, shortly before he and Nicki reportedly tied the knot.
Petty was arrested during a traffic stop back in November, when a Beverly Hills officer discovered he had yet to register as a sex offender in California.
Petty was ultimately released on $20,000 bond, but authorities say he never went through with the registration, as required under the 2006 Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). He is now facing charges for failure to register. Petty faces a maximum 10-year prison sentence if convicted of the felony charge.
The first-degree attempted rape charge stems from a 1994 incident in which a then-teenage Petty allegedly tried to force a 16-year-old girl to have sex with him. Nicki responded the allegations in late 2018, when Instagram users were criticizing Petty over his criminal background. “He was 15. She was 16… in a relationship. But go awf, Internet,” she wrote. “Y’all can’t run my life. Y’all can’t even run y’all own life. Thank you boo.”
