Sean Kingston was arrested in California on Thursday, May 23, hours after police raided his Florida home that same day. Read on for the latest on his extradition. May 24, 2024: Sean Kingston was arrested in California a day after his Florida home was raided, “Page Six” reports .
Police took Kingston, born Kisean Paul Anderson, into custody near Fort Irwin, an army base 150 miles from Los Angeles, before he was booked into a San Bernardino, California, jail, according to Broward County Sheriff’s Office. The “Beautiful Girls” singer had a warrant out for his arrest for multiple fraud and theft charges ahead of the booking. During the Florida raid, police took Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner, into custody over the same charges.
“People love negative energy!,” Kingston wrote in an Instagram story following the incident, adding: “my lawyers are handling everything as we speak 🙏🏽🙏🏽.” Robert Rosenblatt, an attorney for Kingston and his mother, all but denied the claims. “These are fine people, and I’d be surprised if the allegations were true,” he told the South Florida Sun Sentinel .
The criminal case reportedly stems from his legal dispute with Ver Ver Entertainment, which sued the late-aughts musician for an unpaid sale and installation of a 232-inch television worth about $150,000, allegedly telling the company that he and Justin Bieber would do social-media advertising if they lowered the down payment and gave him credit, per the Sentinel .