Cyntoia Brown

Cyntoia Brown is speaking out about the upcoming Netflix film about the dark part of her life because according to Brown, it’s completely unauthorized. On Wednesday (Apr 15), Netflix released the trailer for their upcoming film, Murder to Mercy, which shines a light on Brown’s case from the injustice of her sentencing to her fight for […]

After 15 years in prison, Cyntoia Brown was granted clemency by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. At 16 years old, she was beaten, raped, and pimped out to a man she killed, an act which got her life in jail even though she was so young, obviously being abused, and argued it was self-defense. After unwavering support from […]

Cyntoia Brown has been doing rounds promoting her new memoir after being released from prison in August for killing a man at 16 while she was being sex trafficked. Her husband, gospel rapper Jamie Long, has been by her side through it all, accompanying his bride on her nationwide press run. While the connection between these […]

Before he was married to Cyntoia Brown, Christian singer Jaime Long was married to singer Pamela Long from the Bad Boy group, Total. If you’ll recall, after it was revealed that Cyntoia and Jaime wed while she was still incarcerated, the month that she was released from prison, Pam issued a statement that warned her to be careful of […]

Cyntoia Brown, the recently freed woman who was incarcerated at 16 for killing a man who sex-trafficked her, is making media rounds to promote her new book, “Free Cyntoia: My Search For Redemption In The American Prison System.” During her press run, the 31-year-old is accompanied by her husband, Jamie Long, who she began dating while she […]

Ahead of the release of her memoir, “Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption In the American Prison System” Cyntoia Brown sat down with Essence to discuss all of her life events leading up to the book’s release and how time in jail gave her the space to reflect on the life she wished to create […]

Cyntoia Brown on was sentenced to life as a teen for murdering a man she said had paid her for sex. Now 31, she was released from a Tennessee prison on Aug. 7 and she says “loving every single thing” about life as a free woman. As we previously reported, Brown was released from the Tennessee […]

Last week we rejoiced that Cyntoia Brown, former child sex trafficking victim who had served a 15-year sentence for murder, after she was recently released from a Tennessee jail. Following the announcement that her story would be forever engrained with the reveal of a new book deal, a second release that Brown got married in […]

Sex-trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown tied the knot with Christian hip-hop artist J. Long (born Jamie Long) while she was in prison serving 15 years of a life sentence. How the couple met remains unclear but we do know they have at least one thing in common, Long has also experienced life inside prison, as he was reportedly […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cyntoia Brown was released early Wednesday from the Tennessee Prison for Women, where she was serving a life sentence for killing a man when she was a 16-year-old prostitute. Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Brown’s release. She was granted clemency in January by outgoing Gov. Bill […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cyntoia Brown is scheduled to be released from prison this week after being granted clemency . Brown said she was a sex trafficking victim at the time she killed a man in 2004, when she was just 16. Kim Kardashian West and other celebrities lobbied for her release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted her […]

After the success of Ava DuVernay’s miniseries, which has been the platform’s most watched series since it premiered in May, the streaming service is continuing to tell stories for people who have been oppressed through the justice system.