{"id":150744,"date":"2025-04-15T18:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T22:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/15\/sean-kingston-awaiting-release-from-prison-after-posting-100000-bond-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T18:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T22:10:06","slug":"sean-kingston-awaiting-release-from-prison-after-posting-100000-bond-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/15\/sean-kingston-awaiting-release-from-prison-after-posting-100000-bond-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Kingston Awaiting Release From Prison After Posting $100,000\u00a0Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sean-kingston\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sean-kingston\/\">Sean Kingston<\/a> will soon be out on bond after getting hit with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/sean-kingston-mother-guilty-fraud-trial-1235934588\/\">guilty verdict<\/a> last month related to a fraud scheme alongside his mother.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/sean-kingston-mother-guilty-fraud-trial-1235934588\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sean-Kingston-2023-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sean-Kingston-2023-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Sean Kingston\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tSean Kingston and His Mother Found Guilty in $1M Federal Wire Fraud\u00a0Trial\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t03\/29\/2025<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn Tuesday (April 15), Kingston posted $100,000 bond. The agreement stated if the \u201cBeautiful Girls\u201d singer paid the bond, he could spend the months leading up to his July 11 sentencing date at home. He would be heavily monitored and wouldn\u2019t be allowed to travel, but Sean briefly remained in custody in Miami after failing to pay the aforementioned sum, according a filing obtained by <em>Billboard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn a statement to <em>Billboard<\/em>, Kingston\u2019s lawyers confirmed the bond has been posted and he is awaiting release. \u201cSean\u2019s bond was posted and being processed. He has not yet been released as of 4pm today,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs previously reported, Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were convicted on all five charges following a five-day trial related to more than $1 million in wire fraud. Turner will remain in custody until her sentencing. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The mother and son were reportedly seen wiping away tears as the verdict was read on March 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKingston and Turner were convicted of defrauding a jewelry business, a high-end car dealership, a luxury bed company and a TV installation company. The scheme spanned several years before it was uncovered in 2024. The pair were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/sean-kingston-arrested-california-florida-home-raid-1235692295\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/sean-kingston-arrested-california-florida-home-raid-1235692295\/\">arrested<\/a> last May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn the music front, Kingston dropped his most recent album, <em>Road to Deliverance<\/em>, back in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/sean-kingston-posts-bond-prison-release-1235947051\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Kingston will soon be out on bond after getting hit with a guilty verdict last month related to a fraud scheme alongside his mother. Related Sean Kingston and His Mother Found Guilty in $1M Federal Wire Fraud\u00a0Trial 03\/29\/2025 On Tuesday (April 15), Kingston posted $100,000 bond. The agreement stated if the \u201cBeautiful Girls\u201d singer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}