The Impersonator
Criminal
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The Case of Mary Jones and Lavelle Hardy
Mary Jones and Lavelle Hardy were arrested at O'Calla's Club Valley Nightclub as they were getting ready for a show. Mary Jones said she wasn't trying to make people believe she was Aretha Franklin saying quote, I'm not her. They were both taken to the station, fingerprinted, thrown in the cells. One local paper published an article with the headline, Phoney Soul Sister Found Out. The High Hat Club owner said some people who'd seen Aretha before said that that wasn't her,. But nobody was real sure and nobody asked for their money back.
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