Rapper Sean Kingston was arrested in California on Thursday on fraud costs, a number of hours after a SWAT workforce raided his rented South Florida dwelling.
The Related Press reported that Kingston, whose actual title is Kisean Anderson, was taken into custody on a Florida warrant close to Fort Irwin, California, in accordance with the Broward County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Earlier on Thursday, authorities stated they arrested the rapper’s 61-year-old mom, Janice Turner, following a raid on his mansion in Southwest Ranches, Florida. The AP reported that the sheriff’s workplace hasn’t launched particulars about particular costs, citing an ongoing investigation.
Reporters outdoors his dwelling stated they might see authorities placing gadgets in a van, in accordance with the AP. The mansion was additionally surrounded by expensive-looking sports activities vehicles.
Kingston wrote on his Instagram Story earlier within the day, “Folks love unfavourable power! I’m good, and so is my mom! … My attorneys are dealing with every part as we communicate.”
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to the rapper’s representatives for remark.
Robert Rosenblatt, an legal professional representing Kingston and his mom, instructed the AP, “We’re conscious of a number of the allegations” being made towards each of them.
“We sit up for addressing these in court docket and are assured of a profitable decision for Shawn and his mom,” Rosenblatt wrote in an e mail.
The AP reported that an legal professional who witnessed Turner’s arrest stated it was partly associated to a lawsuit he filed towards Kingston in February accusing him of defrauding a Florida firm that put in a 232-inch tv in his dwelling.
Kingston is most identified for his 2007 single “Lovely Ladies,” which topped the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart for 4 weeks. He additionally scored two different Prime 10 hits with “Take You There” and “Hearth Burning,” in addition to collaborated with Justin Bieber on 2011’s “Eenie Meenie.” The rapper hasn’t had a serious label launch in additional than a decade.