Sean Kingston had a No.1 hit with 'Beautiful Girls' in 2007 and performed with Justin Bieber on the song 'Eenie Meenie'. Photo: AP
The two were arrested Thursday after a SWAT team raided Kingston's rented mansion in suburban Fort Lauderdale. Turner was arrested in the raid, while Kingston was arrested at Fort Irwin, an Army training base in California's Mojave Desert where he was performing.
According to federal court records, his mother pleaded guilty in 2006 to bank fraud for stealing over US$160,000 and served nearly 1.5 years in prison.In 2015, a seller of customised watches successfully sued Kingston and his mother in a New York City federal court for US$356,000 after they failed to pay.