Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Lewis, are currently facing more than $1 million in fraud charges after the Jamaican-American artist's home was raided. Sean Kingston has since agreed not to fight extradition in Florida after he was arrested last week at a California Army base.
Authorities in Florida recently raided Sean Kingston's, 34-year-old Fort Lauderdale rental home and arrested Kingston's mother, Janice Lewis, 61, without incident, the outlets reported. TMZ and The Associated Press.
According to the AP, Kingston waived his right to fight extradition on Tuesday (May 28) while in court in California and will then surrender to law enforcement officials in Florida. Both Kingston and Louis were charged in the alleged fraud scheme. The report adds that while Kingston did not appear in a San Bernardino court, he was still jailed as of Tuesday afternoon, and officials from the Broward County Sheriff's Office were confirmed to be handling his transfer to Florida to face charges.
Last week, Kingston was seen at Fort Irwin, an Army training base in the Mojave Desert. Upon his arrest, Louis was taken to Florida in handcuffs after a SWAT team raided Kingston's Florida mansion.
Kingston and Louis are charged with conducting an organized scheme to defraud, grand larceny, identity theft and related crimes. Among the items said to have been stolen were a Cadillac Escalade, furniture, jewelry and money.
Sean Kingston recently took to Instagram to say that he and his mother are in good spirits and that his lawyers are handling the matter.
It's not known when the release will happen, but we'll update this story as it happens.
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