In the gripping finale of Faking Michael, the remaining pieces of the puzzle fall into place—including the biggest smoking gun of the entire series, as the actual vocalist on the Cascio tracks, Jason Malachi, offers to come clean in the middle of an explosive fraud lawsuit.

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