Sean Kingston has been handed a prison sentence of three and a half years after being convicted of multiple offenses that enabled him to acquire over $1 million worth of merchandise.
Earlier in the year, Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were found guilty on all charges related to their arrest in May 2024.
The mother-son duo were convicted of wire fraud, having orchestrated a scheme that defrauded car dealerships, banks, and a mattress company.
Kingston, whose official name is Kisean Anderson, was emotional as the verdict was announced in the Fort Lauderdale federal court in March.
He uttered a brief plea to the authorities as Turner was taken into custody by US Marshals.
Known for his 2007 hit ‘Beautiful Girls,’ the rapper simply said, “protect my mother.”
In July, Turner was sentenced to five years in prison followed by three years of probation, while Kingston’s legal team requested home confinement due to the non-violent nature of the crimes and his restitution efforts.
The judge declined the request, sentencing Kingston to over three years in prison.
The arrests in 2024 were linked to a civil lawsuit filed against Kingston by Ver Ver Entertainment LLC in February of that year.
The company sought damages for breach of contract and fraud after Kingston ordered a 232-inch Colossal TV and sound system for his residence.
Kingston allegedly promised promotional work involving fellow artist Justin Bieber to secure a discount on the $111,000 purchase.
The commercials were never produced, and Bieber had no involvement.
In court, victims testified that Kingston and his mother had swindled them out of a bulletproof Cadillac Escalade, a Colossal TV, and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of watches.
Previously, the duo had been sued and ordered to pay over $300,000 in two separate fraud cases.
In 2015, they were required to pay $356,000 after failing to compensate a watch seller as ruled by a New York City federal court.
Three years later, they were ordered to pay $301,000 to a jeweler in New York who alleged they had been defrauded out of nine luxury items.