The defense began its case by showing that Cruz’s late birth mother, Brenda Woodard, was a Fort Lauderdale prostitute who smoked crack cocaine and drank Colt 45 malt liquor and Cisco fortified wine during her pregnancy with him. It is unknown whether Cruz’s birth father was a customer or a rapist -- there was conflicting testimony on that -- but his identity is unknown and he was not part of Woodard’s life.
“Nickolas, I am sorry, but that’s how it was,” she said, peering over at the defense table. Cruz looked down. “She had an addiction. She always put that first,” Woodard said. Cruz nodded after she said she still loved her brothers.
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