In Summary
- Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother to appear in court on Friday 9th August, 2024.
- The duo is accused of obtaining more than Ksh.129 Million in property.
- The singer is already serving a two-year probation sentence for trafficking stolen property.
Two months after their arrest over theft and fraud charges, rapper Sean Kingston and his mother will be appearing in court this Friday.
Kingston and Turner are accused of fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million (Ksh.129 Million) in property, with their wire fraud schemes allegedly happening between April 11, 2023 and March 29, 2024.
They were both released on bond in July and are next scheduled to appear in court on August 9th.
The Arrest of Mother and Son
Sean Kingston was arrested in California and signed papers waving his right to fight extradition to Florida.
He was booked into Broward County jail.
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Both the singer and his mother are charged with committing more than $1 million worth of fraud in his home state.
Kingston was taken into custody on May 23 after performing at Fort Irwin, an Army training base in California’s Mojave Desert.
His mother, 61-year-old Janice Turner, was arrested the same day when the Fort Lauderdale mansion he rents was raided by Broward County Sheriff’s deputies and the Davie Police SWAT team.
The warrants say that from April 2023 to March 2024 the pair allegedly stole almost $500,000 in jewelry, more than $200,000 from Bank of America, $160,000 from an Escalade dealer, more than $100,000 from First Republic Bank and $86,000 from a customized beds manufacturer.
The singer is already serving a two-year probation sentence for trafficking stolen property and his mother, according to federal court records, pleaded guilty in 2006 to bank fraud for stealing over $160,000 and served nearly 1 and a half years in prison.
The duo’s attorney Robert Rosenblatt, previously expressed confidence to news outlets, saying: “We look forward to addressing these [charges] in court and are confident of a successful resolution for Shawn and his mother.”
