Author and advocate Cyntoia Brown Long, former Tennessee Gov Bill Haslam to discuss criminal justice reform
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Starz, 50 Cent prep Cyntoia Brown drama
Lionsgate-owned US cablenet Starz is developing a limited drama series executive produced by Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson that was inspired by the true story of a teenage girl given a life sentence for killing a man.
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The Case of Cyntoia Brown focuses on Cyntoia Long-Brown, who was sex-trafficked by a boyfriend, tried as an adult at 16 years old and sentenced to life in prison for aggravated robbery and first-degree murder before serving 15 years.
It is based on Brown-Long’s book Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System. Brown-Long and her husband Jamie Long will also consult on the project.
By Cappuchino
Apr 26, 2021
Lala Anthony and Curtis 50 Cent Jackson are working together again. Remember he tapped her for his show, Power on Starz. Well, 50 does have a great relationship with Starz and there is a new project that s headed that way. Lala and 50 are teaming up to create a limited series about Cyntoia Brown-Long, the Jasmine Brand reports. Cyntia was sentenced to life in prison for killing a man when she was 16-years-old. She was a victim of sex trafficking at the time and thought the man involved was trying to harm her. When you think about it, he was harming her with sex trafficking. Of course over the years, many people were fighting for Cyntoia. She was granted clemency and released in 2019. Starz is developing the limited series which is based off of Cyntoia s book, Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System.
On August 6, 2004, a then 16-year-old Brown shot and killed Johnny Michael Allen in the back of the head after she claimed he tried to coerce her into sex. Despite maintaining self-defense in the incident, she was tried as an adult, found guilty and sentenced to life in prison where she served 15 years before the aforementioned celebrity campaign in November 2017.
No timetable has been put on production as of press time. Brown’s husband Jamie Long will serve as a consultant on the project along with
Power writer Santa Sierra.
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