Will the Real Toni Braxton Please Stand Up?

“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” seems to be a hard lesson that a phony Toni Braxton has learned the hard way.  An investigation is under the works after an impersonator of the singer hailing from Las Vegas tries to sell herself as the real thing in South America.

Prosecutors contend Trina Johnson-Finn attempted to pass herself off as the six-time Grammy winner at a much-hyped show in this poor South American country more than two months ago. Her husband said she wasn’t trying to fool anyone and was duped by a promoter who scammed people into paying up to $53 thinking they would hear the famous singer. The promoter was arrested on Monday.

There seems to be no argument, however, that the concert was a bomb. Numerous people in the crowd of 3,000 began to jeer and pelt the stage with trash when the singer hit a sour note at the beginning of the second song. She was rushed off the stage to a loud chorus of boos.

Who would’ve thunk this impersonator business would be so difficult?  I guess you really have to be dead, and not practically “dead to the world” to legally qualify.