Cyntoia Brown Long (born January 29, 1988) is an American woman who, at the age of 16, was convicted of the murder and robbery of Johnny Michael Allen.
Brown said that Allen had paid her $150 to have sex with him, and that she feared for her life during their encounter, leading her to shoot him.
Prosecutors argued that Brown killed Allen while he was sleeping in order to rob him.
Brown was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
After renewed interest in her case in 2017, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam commuted her original sentence to 15 years, and Brown was released on August 7, 2019.
Her story is detailed in the 2011 documentary Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story and in her memoir, Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System.