Hello and welcome back to another episode of Just Melissa.

Today I'm going to be talking about the influencer, the manager, and the $1.75 million verdict.

This is the case of Brunay Kennard.

It started out, as so many modern scandals do,

with a ringlight, a smartphone,

and a woman who made millions of people laugh, cry, and double tap. Her name was Brene Kinnard,

a rising TikTok star with nearly three million followers and a personal life that looked, at least

online, like a string of glittering moments. But behind the filters, there was a man,

there was a marriage, and there was a family. And in a North Carolina courtroom, there was a verdict. A verdict that would cost an

influencer $1.75 million and exposed the messy, tangled intersection of love, loyalty, fame, and

betrayal. On this episode, we go inside the case of Brneille Canard, Tim Montague, and Akira Montague.

A story told through court filings, witness testimony, screenshots, and the old-fashioned laws of a state

that still stuck on the romantic wrongs of centuries past. Now, before there was a lawsuit,

before there was a verdict, there was just Brene, a Southern-raised influencer who wore her faith on her sleeve, literally.

Her Instagram bio read simply, Jesus with the heart emoji, red heart emoji.

With her bright smile and chatty videos, Bray built an empire from her phone, fashion tryons, lifestyle posts,

sentimental captions, and the constant presence of a man in the background, Tim Montague.

Tim wasn't just the helpful guy in the videos. He was her manager, her business partner, and according to the lawsuit,

something far more intimate. While Bernay's online presence grew, there was another woman watching

all of this unfold, Akira Montague, Tim's wife, the mother of their children, the person who believed she and

Tim were still building a life together. In her lawsuit, Akira described a loving, genuine marriage,

a home she shared with Tim and a future she never imagined would unravel, not because of a celebrity, not because of fame,

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