Sean Kingston is now behind bars after failing to secure the $100,000 necessary for his bond, following a conviction on multiple fraud charges. According to AllHipHop, the singer was taken into federal custody on April 10th after he and his legal team couldn’t meet the financial terms of his release. The bond agreement required Kingston to provide $200,000 in cash and a $500,000 personal surety bond backed by real estate.
Despite reaching out to family members for help, the 35-year-old couldn’t pull together the funds. He had hoped to spend the months leading up to his sentencing under house arrest but will now remain in federal custody until July 11th. Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were both convicted last month of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud. Each count carries a potential 20-year prison sentence.
Following the verdict, Kingston posted to his Instagram Stories: “Lately they been tryna break me on the daily,” accompanied by a facepalm and broken heart emoji.
The charges stem from a raid on Kingston’s Florida home in May 2024. The investigation was triggered by a lawsuit from Ver Ver Entertainment LLC, which claimed Kingston scammed them out of over $100,000 worth of luxury electronics. He allegedly offered to promote the products on social media with the help of Justin Bieber, referencing their 2010 collaboration “Eenie Meenie.”
While Kingston did make an initial $30,000 payment and promised a second payment of $47,000, the lawsuit says he never followed through—and never made the promotional posts he promised. Turner, described in court as her son’s “operator, fixer and accountant,” also has a prior history of fraud.
Leave a Reply