A woman identifying herself as “Char from Denver” related how she’d shown up to court disheveled in an attempt to appear mentally ill, according to the affidavit.

“Char went on to describe how she shared this experience with clients at her hair styling business, and that they all found the story amusing,” according to the affidavit written by an investigator for the Denver District Attorney’s Office.

It didn’t take investigators long to discover “Char from Denver” was Cole, who admitted she used “Char Cole” as her pen name.