Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced to three and half years in prison for wire fraud

American rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison and three years of supervised release on Friday after a jury found him and his mother guilty of wire fraud earlier this year.

Sean Kingston , whose real name is Kisean Anderson, and his mother, Janice Turner, were found guilty of organized fraud and grand theft charges in May for defrauding businesses of more than $1 million.Turner, 63, was sentenced to five years in federal prison last month and three years of probation.

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Zeljka Bozanic, Sean Kingston’s lawyer, argued on Friday that even though Kingston is 35 years old, he still acts like he’s a child.

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She attributed Kingston’s crimes to a 2011 jet ski accident that left Kingston severely injured. She also argued that Kingston had no role models growing up besides his mother, who was in prison at the time of his overnight fame, and noted that most of the businesses have been paid back.

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