A couple of updates since the story broke (since we’re late): he has since settled with the fan in question (although reportedly not out of guilt). In addition, he’s already seeing the ramifications of such an accusations in the public eye. Full story below, courtesy of NY Daily News:
Sean Kingston, his bodyguard, and a member of his band have been accused of gang-raping a drunk teenage girl.
Carissa Capeloto, now 22, claims that was assaulted in a hotel room in Seattle after a concert in 2010.
According to TMZ, Capeloto has filed suit against the three men. She alleges that she’d been invited to Kingston’s hotel room for a meet-and-greet after a Justin Bieber concert, where Kingston had also performed.
When she arrived, Capeloto claims that the bodyguard picked her up and placed her on top of Kingston, and all three men gang-raped her while she was ‘obviously, intoxicated, incapable of content.”
Kingston’s alleged victim claims that the rapper, his bodyguard, and a member of his band forced her to have sex when she was too intoxicated to consent.
Kingston’s alleged victim claims that the rapper, his bodyguard, and a member of his band forced her to have sex when she was too intoxicated to consent.
Capeloto reportedly had smoked marijuana and downed seven to ten shots of vodka before the encounter. The assault stopped when Capeloto’s friend entered the room and rescued her. TMZ reports that the police were called and Capeloto was then taken to the hospital.
Capeloto wants $5 million in damages from the rapper. Criminal charges were dropped after police determined that Capeloto wasn’t credible enough for a case. Kingston has purportedly filed legal documents insisting that the sex was consensual.
On Friday, when news of the suit broke, Kingston tweeted “Don’t believe the hype…I am a child of GOD and have a great relationship with him…I live a positive life so I know I’m good.”
“In this world not matter who you are what you do…they are people trying to bring you down constantly,” Kingston wrote. “Praying on ya downfall gotta be strong.”
“The devil is working,” he continued, “But I’ve been through the fire before and it’s nothing him and his friends can do to stop me! i believe in GOD..Done.”
A trial has been set for November.
