131:: assigned female at birth. Tisdel has made it clear that her relationship with Brandon Teena was brief and did not include sex; only lasting about two months from their first meeting until the murder. However, their two-month relationship is described as very intense. Her mother Linda testified that Tisdel would be with Brandon all day, had trouble sleeping, and their relationship was all she cared about during that time.
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A few days later, on New Year's Eve 1993, Lotter and Nissen came to the Tisdel residence drunk and looking for
Brandon, and threatened the Tisdel sisters. They then drove to the house of Lisa Lambert, where Brandon had been hiding out. Also in the house was Phillip DeVine, a friend of theirs who was
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The two then kidnapped Teena and took him to a rural area, where they raped and beat him. Afterward, Teena came to Tisdel's house, and Tisdel and her mother convinced him to speak to the police and go to the hospital. Lotter and Nissen had told Teena that if he told anyone what they did, they would
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Two friends of theirs during this time were John Lotter and Tom Nissen. Both young men had criminal records, and Teena had been staying with Nissen. Falls City is a small town, and all of these families were well-acquainted; Lana's best friend was
Michelle Lotter, John's sister. Initially friendly,
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for using her name and likeness without permission; the suit was settled out of court. Leslie Tisdel was vocal about the film's script changes, and upset that her boyfriend who was murdered, Phillip DeVine, was not included in the film, nor was she, and instead the film focused on
Brandon Teena.
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Lotter and Nissen soon began to harass Teena and Tisdel and scrutinize their relationship. During a
Christmas Eve party, Lotter and Nissen forced Teena to take off his clothes in order to show everyone, including Lana, his genitals.
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Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas with serious injuries.
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