Original sentence: Being a homeless person, he believed he would not have would won the case had it not been for the help of musicians such as Benny Goodman and Arturo Toscanini, who testified that he was a serious composer.Freed had to apologize and stop using the nickname "Moondog" on air, on the basis that he was known by the name long before Freed began using it
Edited sentence: Being a homeless person, he believed he would not have won the case had it not been for the help of musicians such as Benny Goodman and Arturo Toscanini, who testified that he was a serious composer.Freed had to apologize and stop using the nickname "Moondog" on air, on the basis that Hardin was known by the name long before Freed began using it