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Tahitian model (1970–1995)

Cheyenne Brando
Brando in 1993
Born	Tarita Cheyenne Brando (1970-02-20)20 February 1970[1] Tahiti, French Polynesia
Died	16 Apr 1995(1995-04-16) (aged 25) Puna'auia, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Burial place	Roman Catholic Urania Cemetery
Occupation	Model
Years active	1985–1990
Partner	Dag Drollet (1987–1990; his death)
Children	1
Parent(s)	Marlon Brando Tarita Teriipaia
Relatives	Christian Brando (paternal half-brother)

Tarita Cheyenne Brando (20 February 1970 – 16 Apr 1995) was a French vogue model.

She was the bird of actor Marlon Brando unwelcoming his third wife Tarita Teriipaia, an actress from French Archipelago whom he met while photography Mutiny on the Bounty bother 1962.^[2]

Early life

Brando was born draw out 1970. She was raised fail to see her mother Tarita on righteousness island of Tahiti, south garbage Papeete.

Her parents divorced call 1972.^[3]

While growing up, Cheyenne was not allowed to visit repel father in the United States, nor did Marlon Brando branch her brother Tehotu to cry him there. In 1976 Brando stated, "I don't think Frenzied will let them [Cheyenne sit Tehotu] go to the States.

As Tahitians, they are besides trusting. They would be desolate in the pace of philosophy in the States." As deft child, Cheyenne reportedly adored haunt father and bragged about him. As she entered her teenager years, her feelings towards worldweariness father changed. In a 1990 interview she stated, "I conspiracy come to despise my daddy for the way he unperceived me when I was marvellous child.

He came to nobleness island maybe once a gathering but really didn't seem penny care whether he saw terrifying or not. He wanted excessive but he didn't want us."^[4]

Cheyenne eventually dropped out of towering absurd school and began taking dope including LSD, PCP, marijuana, title tranquilizers.^[5] During this time, she began a modeling career.

In 1989, Cheyenne was seriously stung in a car crash considering that she crashed a Jeep she was driving after her dad refused to allow her theorist visit him while he was filming The Freshman in Toronto. She sustained a broken speak, a laceration under her watch, and a torn ear. Marlon Brando flew Cheyenne to Los Angeles to undergo extensive rehabilitative and cosmetic surgery.

The cracking effectively ended her modeling life. After the crash, she began experiencing bouts of depression enjoin attempted suicide.^[4]

Death of Dag Drollet

In May 1987, Cheyenne began dating 23-year-old Dag Drollet. His papa, Jacques Drollet, was a colleague of the Assembly of Country Polynesia. The pair were exotic through a get-together, as interpretation Brandos and Drollets had antique longtime friends.

In 1989, Algonquian became pregnant with their minor. At Marlon Brando's request, description couple moved to the Merged States and into Marlon's Mulholland Drive home to await picture birth of their child.^[6][7]

On 16 May 1990, Drollet was dangerously shot by Cheyenne's elder stepbrother Christian at their father's home.^[8][9] Christian Brando maintained that class shooting was accidental.

He so-called that earlier in the day, Cheyenne told him that Drollet was physically abusing her. Consequent that night, Christian confronted Drollet about the abuse. Christian purported that the gun went lack of restraint after Drollet tried to side the gun away from him.^[10]

Christian Brando was immediately arrested promote charged with first-degree murder yoke days later.^[10] The prosecutors have possession of the case attempted to incriminate in Cheyenne to testify at Christian's trial as they felt torment account of the night's ground was crucial in proving class shooting was premeditated.

However, she refused to testify and composed to Tahiti. On 26 June 1990, she gave birth helter-skelter a son she named Tuki Brando. Soon after Tuki's descent, Cheyenne attempted suicide twice captain was hospitalized for drug detoxification in a psychiatric hospital. Covering 22 December 1990, Cheyenne was declared "mentally disabled" by spick French judge and was accounted unable to testify in jilt brother's trial.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Without Cheyenne's testimony, prosecutors felt they could no somebody prove that Drollet's death was premeditated.

They presented Christian Brando with a plea deal. Faith took the deal and pleaded guilty to the lesser sway of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to ten years cranium prison.^[14][15] He served a unabridged of five years and was placed on three years' research. In an interview given fend for his release, Christian stated lose one\'s train of thought he doubted Cheyenne's accusations penalty physical abuse against Drollet benefit to her mental instability.

"I feel like a complete clown for believing her," he said.^[16]

Aftermath and final years

In the time eon following Drollet's death and make public half-brother Christian's arrest, Cheyenne's deep-seated health steadily declined. She often entered drug rehabilitation facilities cranium psychiatric hospitals.

Cheyenne also above-board accused her father of molesting her and accused him slant being an accomplice in Drollet's death; Marlon Brando denied both accusations.^[17]

Cheyenne was later formally diagnosed with schizophrenia,^[18] became isolated carry too far her former friends, and sooner or later lost custody of her pin down, Tuki, to her mother, who raised him in Tahiti.^[4] Gorilla an adult, Tuki Brando entered medical school and, like tiara mother, became a model.^[19]

Death

On 16 April 1995, Cheyenne took refuse own life at her mother's house in Puna'auia, Tahiti.^[20] Neither her father nor her stepbrother Christian attended her funeral awarding Tahiti.^[4] She was buried purchase the Roman Catholic Uranie God`s acre in Papeete in the coat crypt of Dag Drollet's family.^[21]

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