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Royal Pain

Valerie R. Harvey, 41, was charged with credit card fraud in Pennsylvania, but she refused to participate in a court hearing because, she says, she should be afforded diplomatic immunity as “Queen Vallahra El Harre Bey of the Noble Great Seal Moors of Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties.” Prosecutor Bruce L. Castor Jr. checked with the U.S. State Department, but they “don’t have a record of her as a recipient of diplomatic immunity,” he said. An unamused Judge Albert R. Subers ordered Harvey held on $15,000 bail. She faces up to seven years in prison. (AP) ...Haven’t we seen her in TV commercials offering free Tarot readings?


Publication Date: 6 May 2001

This story is in True's book collection, Volume 7.