Nicki Minaj’s Mom Plays Crucial Role In Child Rape Case

New York rapper Nicki Minaj‘s mom could ultimately determine the fate of her son’s publicized child rape case. Carol Maraj appeared in court this week to speak up in Jelani Maraj‘s defense.

According to reports, Carol said Jelani’s now-ex-daughter-in-law’s mom revealed an intent to extort him with the child sex abuse case.

The defendant’s mother, Carol Maraj, 57, of Old Westbury, testified the alleged victim’s mother, who was then her daughter-in-law, made the comment she perceived as an extortion threat while driving her to a Hempstead court so she could try to see her son after his Dec. 1, 2015, arrest. “She said to me, ‘It’s gonna take lots of money to get out of this one,’ ” said the witness, who said she runs a foundation to benefit domestic violence victims and is a songwriter and playwright. (Newsday)

Last month, a report emerged about Nicki Minaj not taking the stand in her brother’s case.

Sources close to Nicki tell TMZ … she won’t be involved in any way in Jelani Maraj’s Long Island court case, where he stands accused of raping an 11-year-old girl — his stepdaughter at the time. We’re told Minaj never planned to take the stand, and her bro’s legal team telling news outlets she was on their witness list was simply false. There were reports Nicki would testify the alleged victim’s mom tried to extort her for millions. (TMZ)

According to reports, a 10-year-old initially testified in Maraj’s case.

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

In April 2016, Nicki’s brother received an indictment in the publicized child sexual assault case.

A grand jury has indicted Nicki Minaj’s brother on charges that he repeatedly raped a 12-year-old girl. The grand jury decided that there was enough evidence to charge newlywed Maraj – Nicki Minaj’s oldest brother and her employee – with sexually abusing the tween girl. They’d deliberated for about a month before handing down the decision April 4, according to court records. (Gossip)