Sean Kingston Jailed After Struggling To Pay $100K Bond Following Fraud Conviction

Sean Kingston‘s legal woes continue as he has been sent to jail after struggling to pay his $100,000 bond following his fraud conviction.

The “Beautiful Girls” star was taken into federal custody on April 10 as he and his legal team failed to come up with the cash as part of his bond arrangement while he awaited sentencing, according to AllHipHop.

The bond agreement stated that Kingston had to cough up $200,000 in cash, with a further $500,000 personal surety bond secured via real estate assets.

However, despite offering pleas to family members, Kingston was not able to come up with the money to stay out of jail.

The 35-year-old is not scheduled to be sentenced until July 11 and had initially hoped that he would be able to spend the next several months on house arrest.

He will now remain in federal custody until his sentencing date.

Last month, Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were found guilty of one charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud each.

Each charge carries the significant sentence of up to 20 years behind bars.

Kingston reacted to the verdict by writing on his Instagram Stories: “Lately they been tryna break me on the daily” along with a facepalm and broken heart emoji.

Kingston and Turner were arrested in May 2024 during a raid on his Florida mansion after he was sued for allegedly failing to pay for a number of luxury items, which later unveiled the wire fraud scheme.

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The suit, filed by Ver Ver Entertainment LLC, accused Kingston of scamming the company out of high-end electronics.

In exchange for the electronics, which would have cost over $100,000, the rapper allegedly promised to make promotional videos for the products with Justin Bieber, who he worked with on the hit song “Eeenie Meenie” back in 2010.

Kingston 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, the suit claimed.

However, he failed to make the second payment after the TV was installed and did not make any of the social media posts either, according to the complaint.

Kingston’s mother, who was described as her son’s “operator, fixer and accountant,” also has a history of fraud.