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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50 Cent and
La La Anthony have teamed up with Starz to develop a limited series based on the story of
Cyntoia Brown-Long, a woman whose life sentence for killing a man when she was 16 inspired a documentary and national support.
Titled
The Case of Cyntoia Brown, the scripted series is based on Brown-Long’s book,
Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System. Similar to the book, the forthcoming project will detail how Brown-Long 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.
‘The Case of Cyntoia Brown’ Limited Series From 50 Cent in the Works at Starz
Scripted drama is inspired by the story of Cyntoia Brown-Long, who received a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16
Reid Nakamura | April 23, 2021 @ 11:24 AM
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Starz has put into development a limited series inspired by the life of Cyntoia Brown-Long, the premium cable network announced Friday.
Executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, the scripted drama is based Brown-Long’s book, “Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System.” Brown-Long served 15 years in prison after she was sex trafficked by a boyfriend, tried as an adult at 16 years old and sentenced to life for aggravated robbery and first-degree murder.
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