Sean Kingston has officially been booked into the Broward County jail and is currently being held on $100k bond in connection to his fraud and theft case.
According to the Associate Press, he was taken in to the Florida jail on Sunday (June 2), following his arrest during a performance in California last month.
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Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner, was also arrested on numerous fraud and theft charges during a raid at their rented Florida mansion on the same day her son was arrested across the country.
The “Beautiful Girls” singer is facing grand theft charges after he allegedly stole jewelry, a Cadillac Escalade and a custom bed worth more than $80,000. He has also been accused of defrauding banks of more than $45,000, violating his probation for trafficking stolen property and writing bad checks. In total, he faces 10 different charges.
Sean Kingston booked into Florida jail on $100K bond after fraud & theft arrest
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Following the initial raid in Florida and his mother’s arrest, the 34-year-old took to social media to clear his name.
“People love negative energy!” he posted on Instagram. “I am good and so is my mother! My lawyers are handling everything as we speak.”
The arrests relate to a lawsuit filed against him earlier this year by a company called Ver Ver Entertainment LLC, who are accusing the singer of breach of contract and fraud after he reached out to the company to purchase a large TV and sound system.
In exchange for the electronics, which would have cost over $100,000, Kingston allegedly promised to make promotional videos for the products with Justin Bieber, who he worked with on “Eeenie Meenie.”
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He paid a $30,000 down payment for the goods and agreed to make a second payment of $47,000, while the rest would be paid for in the form of social-media posts.
According to the lawsuit, he failed to make the second payment after the TV was installed and did not make any of the posts either.
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This isn’t the first time he has been accused of not paying for items.
Back in November, watch company Dream Watch petitioned a court to award them $1,054,107.50 for two watches the vocalist allegedly failed to pay for: a Richard Mille Model RM 65.01 Automatic and a Patek Phillipe Calibre.
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The company claimed that Kingston reached out to them in 2022 to purchase the two watches, and one of their representatives flew from Malaysia to Los Angeles to furnish the singer with the watches.
However, he reportedly never came through with the funds despite promising to compensate them via wire transfer.
