Overview
- Oklahoma County Judge Susan Stallings rejected Long’s petition, ruling her accounts of abuse were inconsistent.
- Long is serving a 27-year sentence for the 2020 shooting of ex-boyfriend Ray Brown at an Oklahoma City hotel.
- At an August hearing, witnesses described threatening texts from Brown and a domestic violence expert detailed reports of assaults.
- Prosecutors argued the violence was mutual and questioned Long’s honesty, and the court credited the state’s position.
- Oklahoma Appleseed says it will appeal and notes most Survivors’ Act bids have been denied, with only Lisa Moss, now known as Lisa Wright, obtaining relief.