A judge was sentenced Sean Kingston at three and a half years in prison on Friday August 15), by the Associated Press. He has already been found guilty of a fraud program of a million dollars in which he took advantage of his fame to dive the sellers to give him luxury items that he never paid.

A jury condemned Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Paul Andersonand his mother, Janice Eleanor Turnerwere sentenced in March by a federal conspiracy jury to commit fraud by wire and four leaders of wire fraud. She had five years in prison last month.

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Judge Met Sean Kingston in police custody

Before American judge David Leibowitz Returned to Kingston’s sentence, the singer apologized to the judge in the courtroom in southern Florida. He also said that he had learned from his actions. His lawyer asked if he could self-assist on a later date due to health problems. However, the judge immediately ordered him in police custody. Kingston wore a black suit and a white shirt. Kingston withdrew his costume jacket after the judge’s order to take him. Officials handcraft the singer and led him from the courtroom.

What does the rapper’s lawyer say and the prosecutor before the court?

At the hearing, the assistant prosecutor of the United States Marc Anton described Kingston as someone addicted to his celebrity lifestyle even if he could no longer afford to maintain him.

“He clearly does not like to pay and relies on his celebrity status to defraud his victims,” said Anton on Friday.

The federal prosecutor described a model of several years by Kingston of intimidation for luxury goods, then refusing to pay. “He is a thief and a conman, clear and simple”, “ Said Anton.

Defense lawyer Zeljka Bozanic replied that Kingston, 35, had the mentality of a teenager – the age he had when he made celebrity. The lawyer said Kingston had almost no knowledge of his finances, based on business leaders and his mother.

“No one has shown him how to invest their money,” said Bozanic. “The money has entered and the money was released on superficial things.”

Bozanic said Sean Kingston had already started to reimburse his victims. The lawyer said he intended to reimburse every penny once he was free and that he could start working again.

Leibowitz judge rejected the idea that Kingston was unintelligent or naive. However, he attributed to the rapper to accept responsibility and refuse to testify rather than lie to court. This contrasts with Kingston’s mother, whose testimony Leibowitz testimony described as an obstruction.

More details on Sean’s mother and their case

The behavior of Leibowitz judge was very different from what he gave to Sean Kingston’s mother, whose testimony he described as an obstruction.

Kingston and his mother were arrested in May 2024 after a Swat team made a descent into Kingston’s rented manor in the suburbs of Fort Lauderdale. His mother was arrested during the Raid, while Kingston was arrested in Fort Irwin, an army training base in the Mojave desert in California. At the time, he performed on the basis.

According to the judicial archives, Kingston used social media from April 2023 to March 2024 to organize the purchases of luxury goods. After negotiating agreements, Kingston would invite sellers to one of his high -end Florida houses. He would promise to present them as well as their products on social networks.

Investigators said that when the time had come to pay, Kingston or his mother would send SMS to the victims of false receipts for the articles. Some examples included an escalation of the balls, watches and a 19 -foot LED television (5.9 meters). When the funds have never erased, the victims often contacted Kingston and Turner several times. However, the authorities said they had never been paid or had received money until they had brought prosecutions or contacted the police.

The writer Associated Press, David Fischer, contributed to this report via AP Newsroom.