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I Went Viral for My Prison Photos — Here's The Truth Behind Them | Sasha Sweets
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Sasha Sweets grew up in California as a natural hustler — selling candy before moving to drugs, working at a strip club, and always chasing the finer things in life while her father was in prison for part of her childhood — before getting into a scamming operation with the father of her child in her early twenties that produced a federal indictment, 3.5 years in federal prison across California, Kentucky, and Arizona, and over $2 million in restitution.
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Connect with Sasha Sweets:
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Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro: 6ix9ine and Sasha Sweets
00:19 Growing Up in California
01:07 Family Life and Dad's Prison
03:25 High School Fights and Moving
05:56 Being Out of Control
07:30 Career Dreams vs. Making Money
10:23 Work Ethic and Selling Chocolate Bars
11:55 Transition to Selling Drugs
13:37 Running Away and Parties
14:41 Starting to Dance
16:48 First Strip Club Audition
18:00 Dancing Lifestyle and Earnings
19:19 Dad Finds Out
21:30 Dad's Prison Stories
23:23 Pregnancy and Quitting the Club
24:47 Meeting Her Baby's Father
26:20 Introduction to Scamming
28:43 Motivation for More Money
31:21 Why Scamming Over Drugs
33:23 Unemployment Fraud Details
36:20 Getting Caught and Indicted
41:34 The Raid and Aftermath
45:40 Fighting the Charges
47:20 Pre-Trial Life and Waiting
48:51 Plea Deal and Sentencing
54:52 Preparing to Surrender
56:57 Self-Surrendering and the Raid
01:01:02 Dublin Prison Shutdown
01:03:04 First Cellmate and Prison Life
01:05:55 Prison Tattoos and Contraband
01:08:07 Advice from Cellmate
01:09:27 Prison Parties and Business
01:12:32 Cooking and Potato Balls
01:14:00 No Visits and Video Calls
01:15:37 Prison Relationships and Fights
01:19:22 Moving to Vegas and Kentucky
01:23:03 Life at Atwood Camp
01:25:39 Moving to Arizona Camp
01:27:23 Heat and Prison Conditions
01:28:24 Reflecting on Time Served
01:30:06 Values and Lessons Learned
01:31:50 Getting Out and Halfway House
01:33:20 Halfway House Rules and Struggles
01:35:55 Going Viral in Prison
01:38:00 Free the Finest in the Feds
01:40:43 Fascination with Women in Prison
01:41:59 Fake Prison Photos and Fame
01:43:14 Life Now and Rebuilding
01:44:04 Daughter and Her Father
01:45:44 Restitution and Future Plans
01:50:23 Biggest Lesso