Rapper Sean Kingston was arrested on quite a few fraud and theft costs in California on Thursday, hours after his mom was additionally arrested throughout a SWAT raid of his rented Florida mansion, authorities stated.
According to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Kingston (actual identify Kisean Paul Anderson), was arrested “without incident” in Fort Irwin, Calif.
NBC 6 South Florida captured aerial footage of the raid at Kingston’s Fort Lauderdale residence, by which his mom, 61-year-old Janice Turner, is escorted to a police cruiser in handcuffs.
The outlet reported the arrests are to do with a lawsuit towards Kingston, 34, that accuses the Beautiful Girls singer of defrauding a Florida-based firm by refusing to pay for a house leisure system that incorporates a 232-inch tv.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office has not confirmed any connections between the continuing lawsuit and Kingston’s arrest or the raid on his residence.
After his mom was arrested, Kingston made a press release on Instagram saying his attorneys are “handling everything as we speak.” He didn’t instantly tackle any of the fees.
“People love negative energy!” Kingston wrote. “I am good and so is my mother!”
Sean Kingston’s Instagram story on May 23, 2024.
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The firm suing Kingston, Ver Ver Entertainment, within the lawsuit stated the rapper inquired about buying an leisure system in September. Ver Ver alleged Kingston requested for a lesser cost and credit score with the corporate in trade for arranging Justin Bieber to star in its commercials.
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Kingston and Bieber collaborated on the hit 2010 music Eenie Meenie after which Won’t Stop, launched the next 12 months.
The lawsuit claims Kingston paid solely US$30,000 (almost C$41,000) to Ver Ver Entertainment in November. It stated Kingston by no means got here by way of on his quite a few business guarantees and made no additional funds.
Dennis Card, the lawyer representing Ver Ver, stated this fraudulent behaviour is commonplace for Kingston.
“He’s got basically a script,” Card advised NBC 6. “He says that he works with Justin Bieber, and that he obviously puts on a big show here. This is a rental house, he doesn’t own it, and he lures people using his celebrity into having them release things without him paying for it and then he simply never pays.”
“He likes having bling, he likes showing off, he’s a showman,” Card continued. “This is an organized systematic fraud.”
Card alleged Kingston’s mom is “complicit” within the alleged fraud. He stated Bieber is by no means concerned with Kingston as we speak.
He stated the tv sound system supplied by Ver Ver is value US$150,000 (about C$205,000). At the time of his arrest, Kingston was in California for a efficiency.
He has been jailed in San Bernadino, Calif. His extradition to Florida is pending.
Turner is being held on US$160,000 (about C$219,200) bond. According to information from the Florida Department of Corrections, Kingston is presently on two years’ probation for trafficking stolen property.
Turner in 2006 pleaded responsible to financial institution fraud for stealing over US$160,000 and served an almost 12 months and a half jail sentence, AP reported.
The investigation is ongoing.
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