Sean Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner, has been released from jail on bail in the fraud case against the couple.
He spent four days behind bars after the raid on his son’s Florida mansion last week.
Janice, 61, faces eight charges, including carrying out an organized scheme to defraud, grand larceny and identity theft.
He posted $160,000 bail to secure his release from the Broward County Jail. TMZ reported.
Meanwhile, Sean is still in the San Bernardino County Jail in California awaiting extradition to Florida after being arrested on the same warrant as his mother following his Fort Irwin concert.
Sean Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner, was released from jail on bail in the fraud case against the couple, seen here in 2012.
Sean’s extradition hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. After that, he is expected to return to Florida, where he will again be detained.
Janice was arrested Thursday during the raid of the rapper’s 14,000-square-foot rented mansion in Southwest Ranches.
Authorities seized a number of items from the property, including a giant LED television screen priced at $150,000.
The case is tied to Kingston’s purchase of the 17-by-9-foot TV in September 2023.
Attorney Dennis Card filed a lawsuit against the rapper in connection with the purchase of the $150,000 entertainment set that was present at Turner’s arrest.
Card claims Kingston purchased the television on credit with a low down payment because he promised the seller, Ver Ver Entertainment, which sells the televisions under the Colossal TV brand, that Justin Bieber would do commercials for them.
“(Justin Bieber) is not 100 percent in on this,” Card said. “He had the misfortune of working with Sean in the past, and Sean mentions his name like crazy.”
Robert Rosenblatt, a lawyer representing the rapper and his mother, said, “We are aware of some of the allegations” made against the two.
He spent four days behind bars following the raid on his son’s Florida mansion last week.
The case claims Kingston acquired the TV on credit with a low down payment because it promised the seller, Ver Ver Entertainment, which sells the $150,000 TVs under the Colossal TV brand, that Justin Bieber would do commercials for them, seen here in 2010.
Janice, 61, faces eight charges, including carrying out an organized scheme to defraud, grand larceny and identity theft, seen here in 2016.
She posted $160,000 bail to secure her release from Broward County Jail, TMZ reported, seen here in 2015.
Meanwhile, Sean is still in the San Bernardino County Jail in California awaiting extradition to Florida after being arrested on the same warrant as his mother following her Fort Irwin concert, pictured in 2019.
“We look forward to addressing these issues in court and are confident in a successful resolution for Shawn and his mother,” Rosenblatt said in an email.
Florida Department of Corrections records show Kingston is currently on two years’ probation for trafficking in stolen property. No further information could be found about that conviction.
According to federal court records, his mother pleaded guilty in 2006 to bank fraud for stealing more than $160,000 and served nearly a year and a half in prison. She was being held in the Broward jail Thursday night on $160,000 bail.
The Jamaican-American rapper is best known for his 2007 number one single, ‘Beautiful Girls’, as well as another hit, ‘Take You There’ and his collaboration with Justin Bieber on the song ‘Eenie Meenie’.
