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Who was Betty Davis?
The original report after Sinatra’s seduction charge read as follows: “On the second and ninth days of November 1938 at the Borough of Lodi” and “under the promise of marriage” Sinatra “did then and there have sexual intercourse with the said complainant, who was then and there a single female of good repute” (via World History Project). However, the “single” element was revised after police came to believe that the woman involved was married. In effect, the charge was revised, this time to adultery.
It’s hard to believe that fickle and criminally impotent insubordinations like these were once against the law, but such was the case. Details ultimately began to fluctuate, and after determining that the woman in question was not actually married, the adultery charges were reverted back to seduction, only to be again dismissed. The following year, Frank married his then fiancee, Nancy, with whom he had three children (per Reference).
