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- Jelani Maraj is a Trinidad and Tobago-born convicted rapist and paedophile currently facing a potential 25-years-to-life prison sentence in New York, USA. His trial garnered widespread media attention as he is a brother of the rapper and pop singer Onika Tanya Maraj, who is better known by her stage name, Nicki Minaj.
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- He was convicted in 2017 of sexually abusing his former stepdaughter, when she was just a child. The brave 13-year-old, who remains unnamed, took the stand and detailed what Maraj did to her for years before getting caught.
- He threatened the victim and her brother if they told anyone about the abuse. Maraj told the children that he would take them from their mother have them “sent away,” according to the victim’s testimony.
- Nicki did not testify at her brother’s trial, despite reports that she would. Though Maraj’s defense team said the “Anaconda” rapper would testify on her brother’s behalf at his trial in Long Island, New York, that never happened.
- He grew up in the Caribbean. Nicki and her brother were born in Trinidad and Tobago, but their father had an addiction to drugs and alcohol, as well as a violent temper.
Nov 8, 2017 · MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday began deliberating child rape allegations against the brother of superstar rapper Nicki Minaj. Jelani Maraj, 38, faces up to life in prison if jurors convict him of charges that he repeatedly raped an 11-year-old girl at his home in Baldwin, a Long Island suburb.
Jelani Maraj was born on November 27, 1978, in Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to Robert and Carol Maraj. His father is of Dougla (Afro-Trinidadian mother and Indo-Trinidadian father) ancestry and has served as a financial executive and part-time gospel singer.
Oct 26, 2020 · Maraj, the 38-year-old brother of pop star Nicki Minaj, is charged with raping his now 14-year-old stepdaughter and faces life in prison. 5623972844001. The trial, which began earlier this year ...
Jan 27, 2020 · USA TODAY. 0:03. 0:41. Jelani Maraj, the older brother of rapper Nicki Minaj, has been sentenced for predatory sexual assault. Maraj was sentenced 25 years to life in prison on Monday, Miriam...
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Jan 28, 2020 · Jelani Maraj, the older brother of rap star Nicki Minaj, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday after being convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting his former...
Nov 9, 2017 · Jelani Maraj, the 38-year-old brother of rapper Nicki Minaj, was found guilty Thursday of predatory sexual assault on a child younger than 13 years old, PEOPLE confirms. Maraj, who long denied...
