April Flowers was a prominent exotic dancer

Exotic dancer

The terms exotic dancer and exotic dance can have different meanings in different parts of the world and depending on context. In the erotic sense, "exotic dance" is a often used to refer to practitioners of striptease...

 at the Tropicana Club

Tropicana Club

Tropicana is a world known cabaret and club in Havana, Cuba. It was launched in 1939 at Villa Mina, a six-acre suburban estate with lush tropical gardens in Havana's Marianao neighborhood.-Influence:...

. Her real name is Juanita Jean Hodges.
She played a prominent role in the frameup

Frameup

A frame-up or setup is an American term referring to the act of framing someone, that is, providing false evidence or false testimony in order to falsely prove someone guilty of a crime....

 of George Ratterman

George Ratterman

George William Ratterman was an American Football player in the All-America Football Conference and the National Football League.-Early life:...

, when he was a candidate for sheriff of Campbell County, Kentucky

Campbell County, Kentucky

Campbell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed on December 17, 1794, from sections of Scott, Harrison and Mason counties. As of 2010, the population was 90,336. Its county seats are Alexandria and Newport...

, in 1961.

A plot was devised by gamblers who lured Ratterman to a Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

 hotel. There he was drugged and driven back to Newport, Kentucky

Newport, Kentucky

Newport is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers. The population was 15,273 at the 2010 census. Historically, it was one of four county seats of Campbell County. Newport is part of the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio Metro Area which...

. He was placed in bed with Flowers at mobster Tito Carinci's suite in the Glenn Hotel. Flowers positioned herself in bed next to a fully clothed Ratterman.

During Ratterman's trial, Flowers admitted that she had perjured herself after first affirming a false story told by Tito Carinci.Flowers confessed that the reason she lied was that she was promised a trip to Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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in return for her perjured testimony.