Many stars are outraged on social networks about the fate of Cyntoia Brown. In 2004, the 16-year-old girl killed the 43-year-old man who had bought her into a sex slave and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The girl has since been behind bars, as recalled by The Cut , and will only be able to apply for parole for the first time in 51 years. At trial, the judge had considered that if she had killed Johnny Allen, it was to steal him.
After 13 years, Cyntoia Brown, a young girl imprisoned for killing the man who solicited her as a 16-year-old child sex slave, hopes to be set free. https://t.co/Lv1VW33fmK #FREECYNTOIABROWN pic.twitter.com/f2t7bawrqd
— ESSENCE (@Essence) November 22, 2017
However, we now know that she was sold to the forties by a pimp nicknamed “Cut-throat” (cut-throat in French). And today, many stars such as Kim Kardashian , Rihanna or Rick Ross, have mobilized in favor of the condemned.
A campaign on social networks
Rihanna is outraged against the justice of her country.
“Have we changed the definition of the word #JUSTICE at any time? She wrote.
For his part, Kim Kardashian asked his lawyers to look into the case, “to see what can be done.”
The system has failed. It’s heart breaking to see a young girl sex trafficked then when she has the courage to fight back is jailed for life! We have to do better & do what’s right. I’ve called my attorneys yesterday to see what can be done to fix this. #FreeCyntoiaBrown pic.twitter.com/73y26mLp7u
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) November 21, 2017
“The system failed. It breaks the heart to see a young girl sold as a sex slave and imprisoned for life when she had the courage to fight, “she added.