Freed Inmate Cyntoia Brown Marries Recording Artist J. Long

Cyntoia Brown, an inmate recently released on clemency after being given a life sentence at the age of 16, has married recording artist J. Long.

File photo: Cyntoia Brown smiles at family members during her clemency hearing at Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville, Tenn., on May 23, 2018. Brown, championed by celebrities as a symbol of unfair sentencing, was released from the Tennessee Prison for Women, on Aug. 7, 2019. Lacy Atkins/The Tennessean via AP, Pool, File

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Cyntoia Brown, an inmate recently released on clemency after being given a life sentence at the age of 16, has married recording artist J. Long, formerly associated with the R&B group Pretty Ricky.

Wes Yoder, a representative for Brown-Long, the name she now goes by, confirmed Monday that the two had wed, but declined to provide more details, only saying that more would be revealed in the fall.