Sean Kingston and his mom are dealing with allegations of committing fraud and theft, amounting to roughly $1 million.
Sean Kingston, Mom Accused of Committing Fraud and Theft
Based on a WSVN 7 Information report, revealed on Friday (Could 24), Sean Kingston and his mom, Janice Turner, are accused of committing over $1 million in fraud and theft, together with stealing cash, jewellery, furnishings, and a Cadillac Escalade automobile.
In a Broward County Sheriff’s jail paperwork obtained by XXL, Kingston’s 61-year-old mom was hit with a slew of costs, together with organized to scheme to defraud, grand theft, cashing dangerous checks and identification theft. She’s presently being held on the Broward County jail on $160,000 bond. Kingston is dealing with the identical costs as nicely.
On Thursday (Could 23), Turner was arrested following a SWAT crew raid of the singer’s rented mansion in suburban Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Turner was taken into custody in the course of the raid. In the meantime, Kingston was arrested at Fort Irwin, an Military coaching base within the Mojave Desert of California, after performing his present.
Based on WSVN 7 Information, the arrest warrants alleged that the pair stole almost $500,000 price of bijou between October and March. Moreover, they’re accused of stealing over $200,000 from Financial institution of America, $160,000 from a Cadillac Escalade automotive dealership, greater than $100,000 from First Republic Financial institution, stealing $86,000 from a customized mattress producer, in addition to fraudulent use of one other individual’s identification.
“He [Sean Kingston] lures individuals utilizing his celeb into having them launch issues with out him paying for it and he merely by no means pays,” a deputy instructed the information channel.
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Sean Kingston Behind Bars, Awaiting Extradition
Sean Kingston, born Kisean Paul Anderson, is presently detained on the Excessive Desert Detention Heart in Adelanto, California. Jail inmate data point out that the singer has been labeled as a fugitive. The “Stunning Ladies” singer is scheduled to seem in court docket on Tuesday (Could 28). It is anticipated that Kingston will face extradition proceedings to Florida.
On Friday (Could 24), Robert Rosenblatt, the lawyer representing the Jamaican-American performer and his mom, instructed WSVN 7 Information that his shopper is ready to face the allegations.
“We stay up for addressing these (costs) in court docket and are assured of a profitable decision for [Sean] and his mom,” Rosenblatt mentioned.
Exterior of their arrests, Kingston and his mom have additionally been sued.
In 2015, a watch vendor in New York Metropolis efficiently took authorized motion in opposition to Kingston and his mom in federal court docket, in search of $356,000 in damages resulting from non-payment. Then In 2018, a New York jeweler efficiently sued the pair for $301,000 after they scammed the shop out of 9 objects.
Most just lately, a Florida leisure techniques firm took authorized motion in opposition to Kingston in February of 2024, claiming that he had not paid $120,000 of a $150,000 bill for an enormous 232-inch tv put in in his dwelling. The colossal TV, which measures roughly 17 ft by 9.5 ft, occupies a whole wall.
Based on the lawsuit, Kingston allegedly promised the house owners that he and Bieber would make commercials for them in the event that they agreed to a low down fee and credit score. Nonetheless, neither the commercials nor the fee ever materialized. The corporate’s lawyer acknowledged that Bieber had no involvement within the deal and Kingston was falsely utilizing his title.
XXL has reached out to Sean Kingston’s lawyer for remark.
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Watch WABC-7 information report on the arrests of Sean Kingston and his mom and the fees they’re dealing with under.
