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Roberta Glass True Crime Report

Cyntoia Brown: Murder Made Me Famous

Roberta Glass True Crime Report

Roberta Glass

True Crime

3.3628 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Jane, a volunteer with the National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Murderers (NOVJM) joins Roberta to talk about Johnny Michael Allen's killer Cyntoia Brown. A 2011 documentary on Brown made her a cause celebre killer with Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, T.I. and Snoop Dogg all championing her release.
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0:00.0

You are listening to the Roberta Glass True Crime Report, putting the true back in true crime.

0:26.1

From New York City, Roberta Glass is now on the record.

0:41.8

My guest, Jane works as a volunteer with the National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Murderers.

0:51.3

She represented NOBJM when she spoke in front of the Ohio Senate in favor of defeating Senate Bill 256,

0:57.5

a dangerous bill that mandated frequent parole hearings to some of the state's most dangerous and depraved offenders. She's returning to this podcast for a third time to talk about

1:04.6

one of America's favorite juvenile killers, Sintoya Brown. Brown murdered Johnny Allen in the early morning hours of

1:13.0

August 7, 2004. Brown's life without parole sentence was commuted by Governor Haslam in January

1:21.0

of 2019 after a documentary made her a cause-seleb killer with celebrities Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, T.I. and Snoop Dog,

1:31.8

all publicly pushing for her release. Welcome, Jane. So, Sintoya Brown has become quite the

1:41.8

celebrity, but the press on this case is probably the

1:46.2

poorest reporting I've ever seen on a true crime case. Would you agree? For the most part,

1:53.0

yeah. And she is, I mean, the teen killer advocates lie a lot, but she's the most successful lie.

1:59.0

You know, she's the defendant who has gotten the most attention and money based off her why.

2:04.3

Agreed.

2:05.1

So I just wanted to quickly, because I think most people in my audience, already misunderstand this case.

2:11.8

So what was Sintoya Brown's age when she murdered Johnny Allen?

2:16.2

She was 16.

2:23.2

Was Alan Brown's age when she murdered Johnny Allen? She was 16. Was Alan Brown's pimp? No. We'll talk about this a little bit later, but at most he was a John who picked her for sex. He also may have just been a good

2:28.4

Samaritan, but no, he was not her pimp. Was Sintoria Brown being trafficked? She was a underage prostitute. There was a

2:36.4

Pimp named Cutthroat who was controlling her. And I believe it is legally considered trafficking

2:41.9

because she was underage. But you have to remember that Cutthroat was the pimp who trafficked her.

2:47.0

Johnny Allen was not trafficking her. And just because someone else is trafficking you doesn't give you

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