Nick Brooks was 24 when he and Sylvie Cachay met. Nick had dropped out of college and had trouble keeping a job.
He grew up privileged in New York City. His father, Oscar-winning composer Joseph Brooks -- famous for writing the 1977 Debby Boone hit "You Light up My Life," supplied him with a trust fund.
In 2009, at the age of 71, Joseph Brooks was arrested for more than 100 counts of sexual misconduct, including rape.
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