Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story: Difference between revisions

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By the time she was 16, Brown's encounters included many rapes, and assaults during or before being raped, and times when she was under the influence of drugs.{{r|PS}} Brown had a physically and sexually abusive pimp named "Kut-throat" (sometimes shortened to just "Kut"), who brandished guns at her and forced her into prostitution.{{r|JJIE}}{{r|AP}} Brown was picked up by a 43-year-old real estate agent, Johnny Allen, and taken to his house on August 6, 2004.{{r|PS}} Brown stated that for several weeks leading up to that day, she had been repeatedly raped and was on drugs.{{r|JJIE}} When she arrived at Allen's house, she found it contained several guns. Brown said that she was afraid that she would be shot, which led her to shoot and kill Allen. Brown was then arrested for Allen's murder.{{r|PBS}}{{r|PS}} Her self-defense plea was not accepted by the jury because the victim was found with interlaced fingers under his face and a shot to the back of his head - the conclusion was that the victim was asleep at the time of death. Cyntoia Brown also admitted to executing the man on tape when speaking with her mother on the phone in custody.{{cncitation needed|date=August 2021}}