**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
**ANCHOR:** "Good evening. We are reporting today on a landmark case of entertainment fraud that shook the global music industry and forever altered the standards of artistic authenticity. The subject: the German duo Milli Vanilli."
**WHO:** The duo Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, along with record producer Frank Farian.
**WHAT:** A confirmed admission of fraud. The duo, who won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, did not sing a single note on their multi-platinum album *Girl You Know It’s True*. All vocals were performed by studio session singers Charles Shaw, John Davis, and others.
**WHEN:** The confession became public today, following an incident on November 15, 1990, during a live performance at the Lake Compounce theme park in Connecticut, where a track began to skip and repeat the lyric "Girl, you know it's..." exposing the pre-recorded backing track as the source of their vocals.
**WHERE:** New York City, at a press conference arranged by their record label, Arista Records.
**WHY:** According to producer Frank Farian, the project was originally intended as a studio-only concept. He stated that Pilatus and Morvan were selected for their visual appeal and dance ability, but lacked the vocal capability to perform the songs live, leading to the systematic use of hidden session singers and the operation of a fraudulent live tour.
**OUTCOME:** The Grammy Award has been officially rescinded by the Recording Academy. This is the first time in history the award has been revoked for reasons of artistic fraud. Arista Records has dropped the duo from its roster. A class-action lawsuit from defrauded concertgoers is expected to proceed immediately. The reputation of the artists is destroyed, and the credibility of the Grammy process is now under intense scrutiny from industry regulators and the public worldwide.