Nicki Minaj's brother Jelani Maraj wants his child rape case thrown out of court claiming the accuser of lied about her age...
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A lawyer for Nicki Minaj’s brother is trying to get child-rape charges against him thrown out — by claiming the victim lied about her age.
David Schwartz, who represents the “Anaconda” singer’s sibling Jelani Maraj, said Wednesday that the now-13-year-old victim never provided a birth certificate during the trial proving her age.
“Number one, the people have never established the victim’s age,” Schwartz told Nassau County Supreme Court Judge Robert McDonald. “We are relying on [the victim], who can’t possibly remember the day she was born.”
“I believe the people have failed in their burden because they didn’t introduce the birth certificate,” Schwartz explained outside the courtroom. “You have to prove the witness is under 13. Look, we had the witness on the stand, she didn’t look under 13 because the event happened two years ago.
“You have to put in a birth certificate, you’ve got to, and I believe they failed to do that.”
