Sean Kingston has been arrested.
The 34-year-old “Beautiful Girls” singer was arrested on Thursday (May 23) in California, hours after his mother was arrested in Florida.
“This evening, police in Fort Irwin, Calif., arrested Kisean Anderson, aka Sean Kingston without incident on a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest warrant for numerous fraud and theft charges,” the Broward Sheriff’s Office confirmed to People in a statement. “According to investigators, he will be booked into jail in San Bernardino, Calif.”
Keep reading to find out more…An arrest warrant for Sean had been issued earlier in the day following a raid at a South Florida mansion that he was renting. Sean was in California for a performance at the time of the raid.
During the raid, Sean‘s mother Janice Turner was arrested at the home on her own numerous fraud and theft charges.
After his mother’s arrest and before his own arrest, Sean addressed the situation on his Instagram Story, writing, “People love negative energy! I am good and so is my mother!.. my lawyers are handling everything as we speak.”
The raid on the Florida home was triggered by a lawsuit filed against Sean by Ver Ver Entertainment back in February. The suit claims that Sean has not paid for purchased items from the company.
According to the complaint, Sean numerous false representations” to the company and claimed that he had a “current and ongoing working relationship” with singer Justin Bieber.
Sean and Justin, 30, previously worked together on the 2010 song “Eenie Meanie” and the 2011 song “Won’t Stop.”
The suit claims that Sean promised to produce promotional videos with Justin for the company in order to reduce his payments and credit toward the price of items he purchased from them. They later found out that Sean had “no ongoing working” relationship with Justin.
Ver Ver Entertainment’s suit also alleges that Sean breached his contract by failing to pay them as agreed after multiple attempts to collect payment in January.
The entertainment company claims a judgment was entered against Sean in 2015 after he obtained $356,000 in watches without paying for them. Additional judgments were entered in 2016 and 2022 when he allegedly acquired $301,500 in jewelry and luxury watches worth over $1 million without payment.
