Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston was released from a Broward County jail on Tuesday night after securing a $100,000 bond with a home mortgage as collateral.
Kingston, 34, was seen leaving the Fort Lauderdale jail with a towel over his head, avoiding questions about the multiple theft and fraud charges he and his mother, Janice Turner, are facing. The charges against them involve over a million dollars in fraud.
As part of his release conditions, Kingston is prohibited from any contact, direct or indirect, with co-defendants or state witnesses, including his mother.
Court records show Turner’s address as a Sunrise house owned by a relative, not the Southwest Ranches property Kingston is renting from a Long Island couple.
Kingston, also known as Kisean Anderson, and Turner became co-defendants on May 23. Broward sheriff’s detectives and Davie police raided the house at 4610 SW 178th Ave., arresting Turner while Kingston was arrested in California. Turner posted bond last week.
Singer faces almost a dozen charges
Sean Kingston faces 10 criminal charges, including grand theft, fraud, criminal use of personal identification, and violating probation for trafficking stolen property. The allegations accuse Kingston and his mother of stealing money, jewelry, a Cadillac Escalade, and furniture.
The warrants state that between October and March, they allegedly stole nearly $500,000 in jewelry, over $200,000 from Bank of America, $160,000 from an Escalade dealer, more than $100,000 from First Republic Bank, and $86,000 from a custom bedmaker, though specific details were not provided.
As part of his legal conditions, Sean Kingston had to surrender his passport and is prohibited from possessing firearms, a restriction already in place due to his prior criminal activities. According to online Florida Department of Corrections records, Kingston is on probation until October 1, 2025, for trafficking stolen property in 2020.
His mother, Janice Turner, previously pleaded guilty to bank fraud in 2006 for stealing over $160,000 and served almost 1.5 years in prison, according to federal court records.
