5/10/2023 0 Comments Betrayal 2 by Lady Harris![]() ![]() This image, in turn, added credibility to her testimony in the courtroom and enabled the jury to overlook the evidence (or lack thereof) in front of them. ![]() These real life problems gave her public image heightened authenticity and her public performances the appearance of truthfulness and honesty. To be argued is that Holiday’s well-publicized encounters with the United States legal system and with abusive men in the years leading up to this trial worked to blur the distinction between her private anguish and the pain she sang about in her songs. This article explores the 1949 arrest, trial and acquittal of prominent jazz singer, Billie Holiday, for possession of narcotics. ![]()
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