Nicki Minaj’s older brother, Jelani Maraj, has been sentenced to 25 years for sexual assault against a minor for the rape of his young stepdaughter.
According to reports from other sources, Nassau County District Attorney’s office that 41-year-old has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being found guilty for repeatedly raping his stepdaughter.
Maraj lost his bid to have the rape conviction set aside on the basis of “clear jury misconduct.” Maraj’s lawyer, David Schwartz, told Newsday that the verdict should be vacated because he believed that “outside influences,” including social media posts and news articles, “affected the verdict.”
Judge McDonald reportedly determined that “not every misstep by a juror rises to the inherent and prejudicial level at which reversal is required,” and that Maraj’s team failed to meet the burden of proving any such misconduct.
