The rape case for Nicki Minaj's brother Jelani Maraj heads to the jury for deliberation...
From NY Daily News
The prosecution and the defense presented closing arguments to the jury at Nassau County Court Monday in the trial of Jelani Maraj, who allegedly raped his stepdaughter when she was 11 years old.
Defense attorney David Schwartz, over more than two hours, hammered home his theory that the girl, now 14, and her mother concocted the allegations to extort $25 million from Maraj’s rap star sister Nicki Minaj.
Prosecutor Emma Slane took far less time to sum up the arguments from her point of view.
“[The victim] herself told you everything you need to know to find the defendant guilty,” Slane said.
“She described oral sex, she described vaginal sex, she described anal sex,” she said. "Through her testimony alone you know the defendant is guilty."
Slane asked the jury why the girl would give up a home in Baldwin and a family unit for a "basement apartment" and "a sectional sofa" where she lives now.
"All of this in the name of a lie?" she asked, before urging the jury to find 38-year-old Maraj guilty.
