237: Brandi's Wedding & Standing Your Ground

This week, Brandi made entry into the sex dungeon with a WHOLE NEW NAME! She is officially Brandi POND! She tells us all about her big day, and Kristin tells us exactly how far her pubes extend down her thighs. (So stop asking about it!) Then Kristin continues her fun new habit of telling a terribly upsetting story that absolutely no one will enjoy.  Brittany Smith had some rough years. Following the death of her infant son, she became addicted to meth and lost custody of her children. Eventually, thanks to help from her family and a determination to regain custody of her kids, Brittany got her life back together. She stopped using drugs. She got a great job offer. She was on track to regain custody of her kids. Then one night, an old acquaintance named Todd Smith asked her for a favor. He told her he had nowhere to stay. He asked if she could help him out. Brittany told him he could stay on her couch. That night, Todd attacked her. Brittany fought back.  And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “How far can abused women go to protect themselves?” by Elizabeth Flock for The New Yorker “Brittany Smith loses her stand your ground hearing,” by Elizabeth Flock for The New Yorker “Alabama woman who killed alleged rapist back in jail for going to Trunk-or-Treat,” by William Thornton for Alabama.com “Alabama woman who killed man she said raped her released from jail after 18 months,” by William Thornton for Alabama.com “Brittany Smith talks from jail about pleading guilty to shooting the man she says raped her,” by Ashley Remkus for Alabama.com “Judge says she’s not biased against Alabama woman who killed alleged rapist,” by Ashley Remkus for Alabama.com “Two years after Alabama woman says she killed her rapist in self defense, new evidence emerges,” by Ashley Remkus for Alabama.com “Brittany Smith’s trial on hold as she appeals self-defense ruling,” by Ashley Remkus for Alabama.com “Judge will not dismiss case against Alabama woman who says she killed rapist in self-defense,” by Ashley Remkus for Alabama.com “Alabama woman who said she killed her rapist in self-defense awaits fight of her life,” by Ashley Remkus for Alabama.com “Alabama woman says she killed her rapist in self-defense. She could spend life in prison.” by Ashley Remkus for Alabama.com The documentary, “State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith” YOU’RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We’d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you’ll get 40+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90’s style chat room!