Sean Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner, was taken into custody on Thursday (May 23) after officers raided a Miami mansion rented by the singer, according to NBC Miami.
Broward County Sheriff’s deputies and Davie Police SWAT members entered the home and arrested Turner on fraud and theft charges, in relation to a lawsuit reportedly filed by attorney Dennis Card, alleging that the “Beautiful Girls” singer doesn’t pay for purchased items, according to the outlet. “He’s got basically a script, he says that he works with Justin Bieber, and that he obviously puts on a big show here, this is a rental house, he doesn’t own it, and he lures people using his celebrity into having them release things without him paying for it and then he simply never pays,” Card said of the 34-year-old star.
It is unclear whether or not Kingston was at home during the raid. Billboard has reached out to Kingston’s reps as well as the Broward County Sheriff’s Department for more information.
Turner, meanwhile, pled guilty back in January 2006 to four counts of filing false loan applications and one count of bank fraud. She was subsequently sentenced to 16 months in prison, and five years of supervised release.
Kingston has kept a relatively low profile in recent years, releasing a handful of singles including 2022’s “Side,” “Queen of Daytona Beach” and the Chris Brown collaboration, “Ocean Drive.” Most recently, he dropped the track “How We Chop” in 2023. His last album was 2022’s Road to Deliverance.
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