Charles Polevich has pleaded responsible to 2 prices stemming from the 2021 hit-and-run demise of Nicki Minaj's father.
A Lengthy Island man has pleaded responsible to 2 prices stemming from the 2021 hit-and-run demise of Nicki Minaj’s father.
At a listening to Friday in Nassau County courtroom, Charles Polevich pleaded responsible to 1 depend of leaving the scene of an accident and one other depend of proof tampering regarding the February 2021 accident that killed Robert Maraj, courtroom information present.
Polevich is due again in courtroom in August for sentencing. Throughout the listening to, the decide dedicated to no multiple 12 months in jail, in response to his lawyer.
In a press release to Billboard, Polevich’s lawyer Marc Gann mentioned his shopper was “extraordinarily remorseful for any position he could have performed in Mr. Maraj’s demise.”
“Mr. Polevich’s life story is one in every of serving to others which makes this case so out of character,” Gann mentioned. “There aren't any allegations of substance use or abuse as causative of his conduct and it's our perception that a medical coronary heart subject contributed to Mr. Polevich’s conduct. Me. Polevich couldn't be extra sorry for the lack of Mr. Maraj.”
Maraj was strolling on a roadway in Mineola, New York on February 12, 2021 when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. He died the subsequent day on the age of 64. The subsequent week, police introduced that Polevich had been arrested over the incident.
Minaj, whose actual title is Onika Tanya Maraj, didn't communicate publicly concerning the incident till Could 2021, when she posted a message to her official web site that mentioned it had been “probably the most devastating lack of my life.”
“I discover myself desirous to name him on a regular basis,” Minaj wrote on the time. “Extra so now that he’s gone. Life is humorous that approach. Could his soul relaxation in paradise. He was very cherished & can be very missed.”
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.