Breaking news: Sean Kingston, the 34-year-old crooner behind the hit “Beautiful Girls,” has found himself in the slammer. That’s right, he got nabbed in California on Thursday, May 23, just hours after his mom got her own pair of shiny new bracelets in Florida. Talk about a family affair!
Here’s the scoop: The Broward Sheriff’s Office revealed that the cops in Fort Irwin, California, snagged Kisean Anderson, a.k.a. Sean Kingston, without any drama. It was all part of a warrant for a buffet of fraud and theft charges. “He’ll be cooling his heels in a San Bernardino jail,” the Sheriff’s Office told People magazine, probably while sipping their morning coffee.
So how did our boy Sean end up in this pickle? Earlier that day, a SWAT team raided his swanky South Florida mansion. Too bad Sean was busy serenading fans in California, or he could’ve rolled out the red carpet for the cops himself! Instead, they had to settle for arresting his mom, Janice Turner, on her own set of fraud and theft charges. Looks like crime runs in the family!
Sean didn’t stay silent, though. Before he was cuffed, he hopped on Instagram and dropped this gem: “People love negative energy! I am good and so is my mother!.. my lawyers are handling everything as we speak.” Because nothing says “everything’s fine” like an Instagram Story, right?
Now, let’s rewind to why all this drama started. It all began with a lawsuit from Ver Ver Entertainment back in February. They claim Sean’s been a bit of a ghost when it comes to paying for their goodies. According to the complaint, Sean spun a web of tall tales, boasting about his “ongoing working relationship” with Justin Bieber. Spoiler alert: they haven’t worked together since their jams “Eenie Meanie” and “Won’t Stop” back in 2010 and 2011. Classic Sean!
Ver Ver Entertainment alleges Sean promised to whip up some promo videos with Bieber to knock down his bill. Surprise, surprise, that never happened. Instead, they got a whole lot of nothing, and Sean didn’t even cough up the cash he owed. Rude!
Oh, but the plot thickens. This isn’t Sean’s first rodeo with legal trouble. Back in 2015, he allegedly snagged $356,000 in watches without paying a dime. Fast forward to 2016 and 2022, and he supposedly upped his game, racking up $301,500 in jewelry and luxury watches worth over a million bucks, again without shelling out a cent. Talk about living the high life on someone else’s dime!
Sean Kingston’s latest hit isn’t topping the charts—it’s topping the police blotter. Stay tuned for the next episode of “Kingston’s Caper Chronicles”!
