Résumé
In 1974, François Valéry was arrested in Chicago for unknowingly passing a counterfeit $100 bill.
The situation was resolved after a search of his room and presentation of the bank receipt.
The singer, relieved, then expressed his dissatisfaction to his bank in Paris.
Summary
François Valéry, the famous French singer, recently gave an interview to Paris Match. He notably recounted a rather surprising anecdote.
The man who will soon release his new album, “Le Répertoire”, on September 20, 2024, had a career that began a misunderstanding with the American policeThe story takes place in 1974, during the artist’s stay in the United States.
While in Chicago to take a picture of himself on the tallest tower in the world at the time (over 300 meters), François Valéry decided to do some shopping to bring back souvenirs for his mother and sisters. When paying at the store checkout, he handed over a 100 dollar bill to the cashier. She then asks him to wait. “The saleswoman takes the ticket, she doesn’t even look at me strangely. She says to me ‘wait a moment'”.
A few minutes later, François Valéry had the unpleasant surprise of seeing four young American police officers arrive. The singer, aged 19, first thought that this is a joke But he quickly loses his smile when the police take him back to his hotel. They search his belongings.
François Valéry arrested by American police
François Valéry is arrested because he gave a counterfeit $100 bill to the store cashier. It had been given to him by his mother. Fortunately, she had also left the bank receipt who had given it to him.
This whole story lasted almost three hoursAfter much stress and a complete search of his room, the police finally left François Valéry alone. “I didn’t play John Wayne”he confided to the microphone of Paris Match.
François Valéry: “I wasn’t happy anyway”
The singer claims to have been afraid and be relieved to be on the plane to return to France. “When I arrived in Paris, of course, the first thing I did was to go and yell at the bankers there. And I wasn’t happy about it anyway.”. We can understand it!
Let us recall that the singer will release his new album very soon. “The Directory” will be available from Friday, September 20, 2024. It will complete an already full career, with successes but also anecdotes as crazy as this one.
