“Rper Sean Kingston Was SentenCed to Three And A Half Years in Prison Friday after Being Convicted of A $ 1 Million Fraud Scheme in whichs heveraged his feame to dupe sche. Never Paid for. Kingston, Whose Legal Name Is Kisean Paul Anderson, And His Mother, Janice”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Kingston, Whose Legal Name Is Kisean Paul Anderson, and His Mother, Janice Eleanor Turner, Were Convicted in March by a Federal Jury of Councling. Turner Was SentenCed to Five Years in Prison Last Month.
Before US Judge David Leibowitz Handed Down Kingston’s Sennce, the Singer Apologized to the Judge in the South Florida Courtroom and Said He Had Learned From His Actions. His attorney asked if he could self-surrender at a later Date Due to Health Issues, But The Judge Ordered Him Taken Into Custody Immediately. Kingston, Who Was Wearing A Black Suit and White Shirt, Removed His Suit Jacket and Was Handcufted and Led From The Courtron.
Assistant US Attorney Marc Anton Described Kingston As Someone Addicted to His Celebrity Lifestyle Even Thought Thought HE COULD NO Longer Afford To Maintain. “He Clearly Doesn’t Like to Pay and Relies on His Celebrity Status to Defraud His Victims,“ Anton Said Friday.
The Federal ProseCutor Described A Years-Long Pattern by Kingston of Bullying Victims for Luxury Merchandise and Ten Refusion to Pay.
“He is a thief and a conman, Plain and Simple,“ Anton Said.
Defense Attorney Zeljka Bozanic Counted that the 35-Year-Eold Kingston Had the Mentality of a Teenager-The Age Hew Was WHEN HEA VOLOTED TO STARM. The Attorney Said Kingston Had Almost No Knowledge of His Finans, Relying on Business Managers and His Mother.
“NO ONE SHOWED HIM TO INVESTH HIS MONEY,“ Bozanic Said. “Money Went in and Money Went Out on Superficial Things.”
Bozanic Said Kingston Has Already Started Paying Back His Victims and Intends to Pay Back Every Cent of Cent of Overy He is Free and Can Start Working Again.
Leibwitz Rejected the Idea that Kingston Was Unintelligent or Naive, But The Judge Said He Gave the Raper Credit for Accepting ResponsIbility That was in Contrast to Kingston’s Mother, Whose Trial Testimony Leibowitz Described As Obstruction.
Kingston and His Mother Were Arrested in May 2024 After A Swat Team Raided Kingston’s Rented MANSION IN SUBURBAN FORT LAUDERDALE. Turner Was Taken Into Custody Durying The Raid, While Kingston Was Arrested at Fort Irwin, An Army Training Base in California’s Mojave Desert, WHERE HE WAS PERFORMING.
Accor for Court Records, Kingston Use Social Media from April 2023 to March 2024 to Arrange Purchases of Luxury Merchandise. After Negotating Deals, Kingston Wuld Invite The Sellers to One of His HIS HIGH-End Florida Homes and Promise to Feature at Them and Their Products on Social Media.
Investigators said that some caamet Time to pay, Kingston or his MOTHER Wuld Text the Victims Fake Wire Receipts for the Items, Wich Included a BulletProot Escalade, Wich Included a Bullet. LED TV, INVESTIGATORS SAID.
WHEN The FUNS NERE CLEARED, VICTIMS OFTEN CONTACTED KINGSTON AND TURNER REPEATEDLY, But Were Were Either Never Paid Paid or Receive Money Only After Filing Lawsuits.
Kingston, Who Was Born in Florida and Raissed in Jamaica, Shot to Fame at Age 17 With The 2007 Hit “Beautify Girls,” Which Laid His Lyrics Over Ben ” His Other Hits Include 2007’s “Take You There” and 2009’s “Fire Burning.”