Sean Kingston And Mother Flee Reporters After Court Hearing

Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, fled reporters as they ran from a federal court building on Friday (Aug. 23) after their federal arraignment. Video footage shows the “Beautiful Girls” singer wearing a dress shirt and black pants and running away from the building before quickly leaping into a Black SUV in waiting. Kingston’s mother jogs behind the artist while yelling at the cameramen to “put that up,” seemingly mocking them for posting about their legal woes.

Sean Kingston and Turner both pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud charges at the arraignment. They then requested a jury trial, with the discovery process beginning soon after.

Additionally, Sean Kingston, né Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother are currently being accused of running an elaborate million-dollar fraud scheme. A SWAT team raided his Florida mansion in May, stemming from the allegations, which then resulted in his arrest.

Kingston was initially performing a show before being arrested, brought in, and booked at a San Bernadino jail before being extradited to Florida.

Turner was also arrested during the raid and was being held on a $160,000 bond. Her detainment was partially related to a suit filed against Kingston in February, accusing him of defrauding a local company that installed a 232-inch TV in his mansion.

Anderson was previously serving two years probation for trafficking stolen property until he and his mother were both indicted on charges related to wire fraud, which allegedly raked in $1 million.

According to the United States Attorney’s Office at the Southern District of Florida, federal prosecutors detailed that the duo had “unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they had executed bank wire or other monetary payment transfers as payment for vehicles, jewelry, and other goods.”

Interestingly enough, this wasn’t the first time that Janice Turner was accused of fraud. Flordia’s Local 10 news reports that Turner pleaded guilty to bank fraud in 2006. As a result, she served a year and a half in prison.

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