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The Israeli judge, who ordered her extradition in 2021, said she had been "impersonating someone with mental illness".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

One of the first celebrities to be impersonated on Twitter was Shaquille O’Neal, who joined the platform in November 2008 and said he created an account in part because someone else had been impersonating him.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Last year, a Jerusalem district court judge found that Ms Leifer had been "impersonating someone with mental illness" to avoid extradition and that she should be sent to Australia to stand trial.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2021

In the caption beneath, he wrote that someone had been impersonating him on the platform before slyly concluding, “This rudeness has been reported to @instagram and the goddess #Adrestia.”

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2018

For an hour he had been impersonating a gentleman engaged in profound meditation, with the sole result that he had decided to go to see Louise.

From The Girl in the Mirror by Jordan, Elizabeth Garver