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Pasadena Calif – 7 December 2019
1. STILL IMAGE: Sean Kingston performs live on stage at "The World’s Biggest Sleep Out" event at The Rose Bowl (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP) Photo ID: 19342269194496
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Los Angeles- 18 November 2012
2. STILL IMAGE: Sean Kingston, right, and his mother Janice Turner arrive at the 40th anniversary American Music Awards. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Photo ID: 25204428980382
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Los Angeles – 29 March 2008
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3.. Fashion shot: Musician Sean Kingston and guests
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Los Angeles – 18 November 2007
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Kingston, recording artist – on his custom made necklace
"I always wanted to have jewellery. I love jewellery. I used to play with crayons when I was younger so I said when I get a little money I’m going to buy… Nobody got it. It’s a custom piece. It is my piece. You see the Sean Kingston in the back, so it’s official. I’m having fun, you know."
STORYLINE:
Rapper Sean Kingston is scheduled to be sentenced in South Florida on Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme.
Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother, Janice Eleanor Turner, were each convicted by a federal jury in March of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud. U.S. Judge David Leibowitz sentenced Turner last month to five years in prison, but Kingston’s sentencing was rescheduled.
Kingston, 35, 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 during the raid, while Kingston was arrested at Fort Irwin, an Army training base in California’s Mojave Desert, where he was performing.
According to court records, Kingston used social media from April 2023 to March 2024 to arrange purchases of high-end merchandise. After negotiating deals, Kingston would invite the sellers to one of his high-end Florida homes and promise to feature them and their products on social media.
Investigators said that when it came time to pay, Kingston or his mother would text the victims fake wire receipts for the luxury merchandise, which included a bulletproof Escalade, watches and a 19-foot (5.9-meter) LED TV, investigators said.
When the funds never cleared, victims often contacted Kingston and Turner repeatedly, but were either never paid or received money only after filing lawsuits or contacting law enforcement.
Kingston shot to fame at age 17 with the 2007 hit “Beautiful Girls,” which laid his lyrics over Ben E. King’s 1961 song “Stand By Me.”
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