Trina Johnson-Finn, a Las Vegas entertainer and impersonator, was arrested after she pretended to be Toni Braxton in a concert in Paramaribo, Suriname in South America.
Prosecutors claim Toni Trina attempted to fool the crowd in the concert which took place over two months ago.
However, Trina’s husband, Raymond Finn, says she was the victim of a local con artist and “concert promoter” who was responsible for scamming the concertgoers into thinking the realBraxton would be perfoming.
The truth came out once Trina was on stage and she messed up a note at the beginning of the second song. That’s when people in the 3,000 large crowd started to boo and began throwing trash at the stage!
Authorities then took Phony Tina and Raymond into custody. They’ll have to go to court on May 26th after being charged with defrauding the people who bought tickets. Finn was later released without being charged after two weeks in custody though.
Prosecutor Duncan Nanhoe alleged yesterday that Trina “deliberately presented herself as being Toni Braxton during the concert.”
As for the promoter, Angel Ventura of Events for Suriname, he was finally found and arrested on Monday in a local bar. And during an telephone interview from Las Vegas, Raymond claimed Ventura, without Trina’s knowledge, was the one who promoted her as the real Braxton.
Finn added, “Trina’s been isolated there for two months. She doesn’t understand why she’s being used as a scapegoat.” Adding that he believes she’s been arrested “to appease public anger.”
Sounds a bit too much to have the poor lady in jail for two months awaiting the court date.
What do U think?
[Image via WENN.]
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