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Sean Kingston Sued For Alleged Gang Rape

Sean Kingston attends the 2013 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
Sean Kingston is being sued for allegedly raping a fan back in 2010.

Sean Kingston is facing a very serious $5 million lawsuit after a fan officially filed papers claiming that the singer, his bodyguard, and a band member are all guilty of raping her back in 2010. Kingston, 23, was originally cleared of any wrongdoing in the Seattle hotel incident after officials decided that the woman, Carissa Capeloto, was not fit to be a credible witness.

Update: Sources tell TMZ Kingston has settled the rape charges with the 22-year-old woman by paying half of the $5 million she asked for. Sources say it was not out of guilt, but because he wanted the case to go away so he could primarily focus on his new upcoming album.

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Now, however, Capeloto is reopening the case by suing the "Beautiful Girls" singer for a minimum of $5 million, telling authorities that she has been psychologically marred by the incident, according to TMZ.

Capeloto, now 22, alleges that back in 2010, she was escorted to Kingston's hotel room for a meet-and-greet following a Justin Bieber concert — but things went awry when the singer's bodyguard, a band member, and the singer himself proceeded to gang rape her.

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Kingston has since filed legal documents in his defense, claiming that the sex was consensual.

According to TMZ, Capeloto writes in the papers that she had smoked pot and had 7 to 10 shots of vodka prior to the rendezvous, and was therefore "obviously intoxicated, incapable of consent."

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The incident only stopped when a pal came into the room to help her and call the police, she said.

A trial for the incident will take place this November.

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