SWAT team members raided rapper Sean Kingston’s home in Southwest Ranches, Florida, and arrested his mother on Thursday.
Dozens of Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies were seen at his mansion in the area of southwest 146th Avenue and 46th Street.
Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner, 61, was arrested on numerous charges of fraud and theft.
The reason for the raid has not been confirmed, but the Beautiful Girls singer, 34, is currently embroiled in a legal battle over stolen goods.
“Detectives from the Broward Sheriff’s Office Dania Beach District, along with members of the BSO 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 raid rapper Sean Kingston’s home in Southwest Ranches, Florida
Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner (left), was arrested on numerous charges of fraud and theft.
A lawsuit obtained by local10 revealed that a company called Ver Ver Entertainment is accusing Kingston of using his celebrity status to defraud companies.
The complaint alleges that the rapper partially paid for a 232-inch television and entertainment system but, after installation, never paid for the product in full.
Dennis Card, a lawyer for Ver Ver Entertainment said. WSVN“He said he works with Justin Bieber and he obviously puts on a big show here, this is a rental house, he doesn’t own it.”
“He lures people in by using his fame to get them to publish things without him paying for it and then he just never pays.”
A photo obtained by the local news station showed a handcuffed Turner being escorted off the property.
‘You are stealing the property itself. “He has a standardized script that he gives people, which is that he is a recording artist, which he certainly is, and that he wants to buy these things, but he never pays for anything,” Card said.
‘He gets the stuff and that’s the end of the story. She does it over and over.’
Following the March raid of 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 goods.
Dozens of Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies were seen at his mansion in the area of southwest 146th Avenue and 46th Street.
“I’m telling you, if the feds are looking for me, the last place I’ll be is a juice bar,” he said.
In 2020, Kingston was charged with grand theft of jewelry delivered to him, according to TMZ.
Law enforcement sources told the outlet that the Take You There singer had not paid the bill, which led to the court order.
Authorities told the outlet that they did not actually intend to search for the rapper in connection with this warrant, but that it would arise if Kingston were detained or detained.
The outlet reported that the legal complaint stated that the bill in the case was $45,000 and that Kingston could be jailed for up to three years if convicted in connection with the case.
Artist Eenie Meenie has had several legal entanglements involving high-end jewelry in the past.
In 2018, a New York City court ordered him to remit $301,500 to a jeweler named Aqua Master, according to TMZ.
In 2020, Kingston was charged with grand 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 tightening payments for jewelry.
I won’t call the police or take you to court. I go to the street. Somewhere you’re afraid to be,” AP said in an Instagram post that she has since deleted.
Kingston was reportedly kidnapped by a Los Angeles jeweler in 2015 and filed a police report following an incomplete watch exchange after he failed to pay the full bill for a $225,000 watch.
He was also sued by Avi Da Jewelers for unpaid purchases worth $356,000.
