SWAT team members raided rapper Sean Kingston’s home in Southwest Ranches, Florida, on Thursday and arrested his mother.
Dozens of Broward Sheriff’s Office officers were seen at his mansion in the area of Southwest 146th Avenue and 46th Street.
Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner, was taken into custody on numerous fraud and theft charges.
The reason for the raid has not been confirmed, but the ‘Beautiful Girls’ singer is currently embroiled in a legal battle over stolen property.
“Broward Sheriff’s Office Dania Beach District detectives, along with members of BSO’s Strategic Investigations Unit and Davie Police SWAT, served arrest and search warrants at a residence in Southwest Ranches,” the sheriff’s office told DailyMail.com.
SWAT team members raided rapper Sean Kingston’s home in Southwest Ranches, Florida
Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner (left), was taken into custody on numerous fraud and theft charges
A lawsuit obtained by Local10 revealed that a company called Ver Ver Entertainment is accusing Kingston of using his celebrity status to defraud companies.
According to the complaint, the rapper partially paid for a 232-inch television and entertainment system, but never fully paid for the product after installation.
Dennis Card, lawyer for Ver Ver Entertainment, explains WSVN“He said he’s working with Justin Bieber and he’s obviously putting on a big show here, this is a rental house, he doesn’t own it.”
“He seduces people who use his celebrity to get them to release things without him having to pay for it, and then he simply never pays.”
‘He steals the property himself. He has a standardized script that he gives people, which is that he’s an artist, and he certainly is, and he wants to buy these things, but he never pays for anything.
“He gets the stuff and that’s the end of the story. He does it over and over again,” Card said.
Following the March raid on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mansions in Miami and Los Angeles, a video of Kingston reacting to the news circulated on social media.
The reason for the raid has not been confirmed, but the ‘Beautiful Girls’ singer is currently embroiled in a legal battle over stolen property
Dozens of Broward Sheriff’s Office officers were seen at his mansion in the area of Southwest 146th Avenue and 46th Street
“I’m telling you, if the FBI is looking for me, the last place I’ll be will be a juice bar,” he said.
According to TMZ, Kingston was charged in 2020 with theft of jewelry delivered to him.
Police sources told the outlet that the Take You There singer failed to pay the bill, leading to the warrant.
Law enforcement officials told the station that they did not plan to actually search for the rapper in connection with this warrant, but that they would do so if Kingston was apprehended or detained.
The outlet reported that the legal complaint stated that the bill in the case was $45,000, and that Kingston could face up to three years in prison if convicted in connection with the case.
The Eenie Meenie artist has had several legal entanglements in the past related to high-end jewelry.
In 2018, he was ordered by a New York court to wire $301,500 to a jeweler called Aqua Master, according to TMZ.
In 2020, Kingston was charged in connection with the theft of jewelry delivered to him
The nine-piece lot that made up the six-figure total included two watches, two necklaces, a ring and gold chains.
A few months later, AP The Jeweler also publicly accused Kingston of high jewelry payments.
‘I’m not calling the police or taking you to court. I’m going out into the street. Something you’re afraid of,” AP said in a now-deleted Instagram post.
Kingston was reportedly kidnapped by an LA jeweler in 2015 and reported to police following a sketchy watch swap after failing to pay the total bill for a $225,000 timepiece.
He was also sued by Avi Da Jewelers for $356,000 in unpaid purchases.
