The brother of rapper Nicki Minaj has been convicted of predatory sexual assault after being charged with repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl at his Long Island home.
The Associated Press reports that Jelani Maraj was found guilty of sexually assaulting a child. He could face up to twenty five years in prison. He will be sentenced on December 14. His lawyer, David Schwartz, said an appeal is unavoidable.
“We have 50 appealable issues.
“The amount of evidence we have that wasn’t allowed in this case is unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like it. I am shocked.”
The girl who is now 14 years old said that Maraj repeatedly sexually assaulted her over a a period of eight months in 2015 at his home in Baldwin. Prosecutors say DNA evidence supports the allegations. The girl’s younger brother testified that he witnessed one assault. Lawyer’s to the defendant said the allegations were concocted by the girl’s mother as part of a scheme to get Nicki Minaj to pay $25 million in hush money.
Neither Maraj nor his rapper sister testified.
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