Singer Sean Kingston in custody in Miami after failing to come up with $100K cash bond

MIAMI – Singer Sean Kingston, who was recovered blameworthy past period of each 5 charges related to a national ligament fraud case, is backmost down bars aft failing to fulfill a $100,000 currency bond, records show.

Local 10 News learned Tuesday greeting that Kingston, who was convicted successful the lawsuit on with his mother, is being held astatine the Federal Detention Center successful Miami.

The 35-year-old, whose existent sanction is Kisean Anderson, kept clasping his hands and crying connected March 28 arsenic jurors successful Fort Lauderdale work their determination to convict him and his mother, Janice Turner, 62, of ligament fraud and conspiracy to perpetrate ligament fraud.

The lawsuit progressive a $1 cardinal strategy involving luxury goods.

Turner was remanded into national custody past period and was taken distant by U.S. Marshals arsenic Kingston cried and told them, “Protect my mother.”

Turner was deemed a formation risk, successful part, the justice said, due to the fact that of her grounds connected the stand.

Kingston chose not to attest connected his ain behalf.

During the trial, prosecutors presented respective alleged victims who claimed they were each swindled retired of high-dollar luxury goods, including things similar a colossal TV, a bulletproof Cadillac Escalade and adjacent hundreds of thousands of dollars worthy of watches from jewelers.

All items were seized successful a raid connected Kingston’s Southwest Ranches home.

The justice said Turner showed passim the proceedings that she was the “fixer, the nervus center” and successful power of the fraud scheme. She besides has akin past convictions connected her record.

Kingston’s defence squad painted him arsenic a “child” who had nary cognition astir finances and would walk excessively overmuch money.

Kingston was initially placed connected location detention, but was taken into custody aft failing to travel up with the enslaved money.

Sentencing for some is acceptable for July 11: 9 a.m. for Turner and 11 a.m. for Kingston.

Wire fraud carries a national situation condemnation of up to 20 years.

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