• Skank Nicki Minaj's brother convicted of raping stepdaughter in Long Is

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    The brother of platinum-selling rapper Nicki Minaj was convicted
    Thursday of repeatedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter in
    their Long Island home.

    The verdict in the trial of Jelani Maraj capped a sordid three-
    week Nassau County Court prosecution rife with horrific
    testimony from the shaken accuser about the unrelenting abuse.

    The jury deliberated over two days before returning its
    verdicts. A stoic Maraj showed zero emotion as he was convicted
    of predatory sexual assault against a child and endangering the
    welfare of a child.

    He faces 15 years to life in prison on the sexual assault
    conviction.

    The accuser, now 14, girl testified that Maraj, 38, anally raped
    her at one point, slapped her in the face and ordered her to
    remain mute about his actions.

    Her kid brother testified about accidentally stumbling upon
    Maraj as he was sexually assaulting the girl.

    Juror Arthur Naclerio, 67, of Massapequa, said listening to
    their stories was difficult.

    “What (the victim) went through all that time,” he said.
    “Thinking that if it was a lie, how could she keep it up that
    long at that age?”

    He added that it was “not that hard” for the jury of eight men
    and four women to reach its verdict.endnu

    The defense claimed the child sex abuse charges were a shakedown
    by Maraj’s new wife, who allegedly sought $25 million in hush
    money.

    “Absolute absurdity,” responded Assistant District Attorney Emma
    Slane.

    Despite much speculation and rumor, Queens native Nicki Minaj
    was not called as a witness for her brother. And Jelani Maraj
    did not testify in his own defense.

    But a prosecution witness testified that semen found on the
    accuser’s pajama bottoms was a one-in-291 billion match with
    defendant Maraj.

    Defense attorney David Schwartz, in his closing argument,
    accused Maraj’s now ex-wife of planting the DNA.

    “It’s all about money and it’s all about revenge,” he told the
    jury.

    The first sexual assault occurred in April 2015, just fourth
    months before the girl’s mother married Maraj in $30,000
    celebration where Minaj picked up the tab, officials charged.

    Maraj was arrested Dec. 1, 2015, on charges of predatory
    assault, second-degree course of sexual conduct and a
    misdemeanor charge of acting in a manner likely to injure a
    child.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/nicki-minaj-brother- convicted-raping-stepdaughter-article-1.3622197
     

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