(CelebrityAccess) — Rapper Sean Kingston is going through prison fees in Florida following his arrest for fraud on Thursday.
In accordance with the Related Press, the Broward County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned Kingston was arrested in California on Thursday, primarily based on a warrant issued in Florida. The small print of the allegations leveled towards Kingston weren’t instantly out there.
Earlier Thursday, investigators in Broward County additionally arrested Kingston’s 51-year-old mom, Janice Turner, throughout a raid of the rapper’s residence in South Florida. The Broward County Sheriff’s Workplace web site exhibits that Turner is going through a number of fees, together with grand theft, try to realize property price greater than $50,000 by fraud, and fraudulent use of ID with out consent.
The Related Press reported that among the fees stem from a failed cope with Ver Ver Leisure, who allege in a civil lawsuit that Kingston contacted the corporate in 2023 about buying a 232-inch and having it put in in his Florida residence.
As a part of the deal, Ver Ver alleges that Kingston bargained for a decrease down fee by promising to do promotional work for the corporate, together with a business with fellow music star Justin Bieber. Nonetheless, Ver Ver claims that whereas the tv was put in, the promised promotional work did not materialize.
Kingston, whose actual identify is Kisean Paul Anderson, is at the moment on probation in Florida associated to an interstate trafficking in stolen items felony cost from 2023, in response to Florida’s Division of Corrections.
Robert Rosenblatt, an lawyer representing Kingston and his mom, advised the Related Press that he’s conscious of among the allegations his purchasers are going through.
“We look ahead to addressing these in court docket and are assured of a profitable decision for Shawn and his mom,” Rosenblatt advised the AP.