Florence Ballard her suit. Angered, Gordy ordered her to return to Detroit, and Birdsong officially replaced her, abruptly ending her tenure with the Supremes. It had been decided as early as May that Birdsong would be Ballard's official replacement once Birdsong's contract with the Bluebelles was bought out. In August 1967, the "Detroit Free Press" reported that Ballard had taken a temporary leave of absence from the group due to "exhaustion". Ballard eventually married her boyfriend, Thomas Chapman, on February 29, 1968. A week earlier, on February 22, Ballard and Motown negotiated to have Ballard released from the label. Her attorney in
Alimi Ballard Alimi Ballard Alimi Ballard Stiller (born October 17, 1977) is an American television actor. He is best known for his role as FBI agent David Sinclair on the CBS police procedural, "Numb3rs". Ballard recently starred in the ABC legal thriller, "The Catch". From 1993 to 1996, Ballard portrayed Frankie Hubbard (son of "All My Children" supercouple Jesse and Angie) on the ABC daytime soap opera "Loving" and its successor series "The City". In 1997, he was a regular cast member on the short-lived ABC sitcom "Arsenio", which starred Arsenio Hall and Vivica A. Fox. He also portrayed Quizmaster Albert on