• 10-year-old testifies in rape trial of Minaj's brother

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    A 10-year-old boy who walked in on the alleged rape of his
    sister by the brother of rap star Nicki Minaj knew what he
    witnessed “wasn’t right” — but was threatened to keep his mouth
    shut, jurors heard Monday.

    The youngster, wearing a black tuxedo and clutching a yellow
    star-shaped toy, bravely took the stand in Jelani Maraj’s rape
    trial in Nassau County Supreme Court.

    He detailed what he saw in a basement bedroom in 2015 — as his
    family members quietly wept in the gallery.

    “What happened was I was looking for [her],” the boy said,
    referring to his then-11-year-old sister, who has accused Maraj,
    their stepdad, of repeatedly raping her. “My pencil broke and I
    didn’t have any others.”

    The boy, who was 8 at the time, said his sister’s pants were
    “around her ankles.”

    “I saw his underwear close to his knees,” he testified about
    Maraj.

    Asked by prosecutors what happened next, he quietly said, “I
    thought it wasn’t right. It looked weird to me, so I ran
    upstairs.”

    Maraj, the boy testified, later found him and slapped him in the
    face “about 10 times.”

    “He asked me if I had seen anything. I said, ‘Yes,’ ” the boy
    said. “He slapped me on the cheek.”

    Maraj — the older brother of the “Super Bass” rapper — then
    allegedly used the boy’s mother, Jacqueline Robinson, to
    threaten the boy into silence.

    At the time, Maraj was married to Robinson.

    “Jelani said I wouldn’t see her again if I told on him,” he
    said. “His face was kind of mad.”

    The boy, whose bedroom was next to his sister’s, also told
    jurors he’d sometimes hear his door suddenly close at night —
    and then his sister’s bed creaking.

    Defense lawyer David Schwartz tried to poke holes in the little
    boy’s testimony by getting him to admit the lights were off when
    he walked in on the alleged rape.

    “You would agree that when the light is not on, the room is very
    dark?” Schwartz asked.

    “Yes,” the boy answered.

    Prosecutors allege Maraj had sex with the young girl, now 13, as
    often as four times a week.

    A doctor testified last week that the girl’s medical records
    strongly suggest she was having sex.

    “I can say with a reasonable degree of certainty that [the
    girl’s] medical exam can prove penetration,” said Dr. Aaron
    Miller after reviewing photos.

    Prosecutors said Maraj’s DNA was found on a pair of the girl’s
    pajama pants.

    The defense has claimed the sickening allegations were concocted
    by Robinson in a $25 million extortion plot against Minaj, who
    is expected to testify on her sibling’s behalf.

    Minaj posted her brother’s $100,000 bond when he was arrested in
    December 2015.

    “Why would [Robinson] lie and force her children to lie? I can
    give you 25 million reasons why,” Schwartz told jurors.

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