Sean Kingston has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail.
Sean Kingston has been jailed
The Stunning Women hitmaker – whose actual title is Kisean Paul Anderson – and his mom, Janice Turner, have been discovered responsible of 5 counts of wire fraud in March following a federal trial and confronted as much as 20 years in jail for every cost.
However on Friday (15.08.25), Sean apologised in entrance of Decide David Leibowitz and stated he had realized a lesson, and although his lawyer requested the 35-year-old star be allowed to depart and give up at a later date for well being causes, the decide refused and he was instantly taken into custody.
His lawyer, Zeljka Bozanic, instructed Leisure Weekly the musician is taking the state of affairs “as a studying expertise”.
The lawyer stated in an announcement: “We respect the Courtroom’s resolution and the judicial course of. We’re content material that the Courtroom didn’t go along with the federal government’s request of 5 years and sentenced Sean beneath the sentencing pointers as a substitute. It is very important observe that many of the restitution on this case was paid again, even earlier than these expenses have been introduced.
“Sean is taking this as a studying expertise and can proceed shifting ahead in a optimistic route. We’re actively reviewing all accessible choices, together with potential appeals, to make sure his rights are absolutely protected.”
Janice – who had beforehand pleaded responsible to financial institution fraud for stealing $160,000 and served greater than a yr in jail – was sentenced to 5 years behind bars final month.
The mom and son had denied allegations of falsely claiming they’d despatched financial institution transfers for luxurious gadgets value greater than $1 million however have been discovered responsible in March.
After the decision was reached, Sean was positioned on residence detention, although he has to fulfill bond necessities, together with a $200,000 surety bond in money, in addition to placing up a relative’s $500,000 home.
Nevertheless, Janice was reminded into federal custody and was taken away by US Marshals as her son cried.
He instructed them: “Shield my mom.”
Whereas Sean opted to not testify on his personal behalf, his mom did, and the decide defined she was remanded as a flight danger partly on account of her testimony.
He stated Janice – who has related previous convictions – had proven she was the “fixer, the nerve centre” and answerable for the fraud scheme however her son’s defence depicted him as “a baby” with no data of funds.
A number of alleged victims had claimed to have been swindled out of things together with a bulletproof Cadillac, an enormous TV and costly watches, and all gadgets had been seized in a raid on Sean’s residence.
The US Lawyer’s Workplace within the Southern District of Florida, beforehand defined the rapper and his mom’s expenses stemmed from their alleged involvement in “a scheme to defraud sufferer sellers of high-end specialty autos, jewelry, and different items bought by the defendants via the usage of fraudulent paperwork.”
The workplace went on to state the pair “unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they’d executed financial institution wire or different financial cost transfers as cost for autos, jewelry, and different items bought by the defendants, when the truth is no such financial institution wire or different financial cost transfers had been executed by the purported banks, and thereafter the defendants retained or tried to retain the autos, jewelry and different items regardless of non-payment. Via the execution of this scheme, the defendants obtained in extra of $1 million in property.”
The pair have been accused of getting stolen virtually $500,000 in jewelry, greater than $200,000 from Financial institution of America, greater than $100,000 from First Republic Financial institution, $160,000 from a Cadillac Escalade supplier and $86,000 from a maker of customised beds.
On the time of his arrest final yr, the musician was serving two years probation for trafficking stolen property.
