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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.

https://pagesix.com/2017/10/23/10-year-old-testifies-in-minaj- brother-rape-trial/

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