MINEOLA, NY (AP) – The mother of rapper Nicki Minaj, Carol Maraj, has filed a $ 150 million lawsuit against the man accused of killing Minaj’s father in an accident last month, a Maraj’s lawyer.
Charles Polevich, 70, is accused of beating Robert Maraj, 64, on Long Island on Feb. 12 and after leaving without calling 911. Maraj died at a hospital the next day.
Polevich was arrested on 17 February accused of leaving the scene of an incident and manipulating physical evidence. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bail and ordered not to leave New York State.
Newsday reports that Carol Maraj’s lawsuit, filed in the Nassau County State Supreme Court earlier this month, claims Polevich was negligent, reckless and careless when he hit Maraj with his car and allegedly left him in place of the facts.
“Not only was he irresponsible and negligent, but he was more concerned with running away and hiding than seeking help,” Benjamin Crump, one of the lawyers representing Carol Maraj, said Friday.
On Sunday, a phone message was left with Polevich’s lawyer, listed in online court records as Marc Gann of Mineola.
Nicki Minaj, who was born Onika Tanya Maraj, has not made any public statement about her father’s death.
Carol Maraj, the victim’s estranged wife, told Newsday last month that she was “very, very, very happy” with Polevich’s arrest and said all of Maraj’s children are “happy” that the alleged culprit has been trapped.