Sidney Prescott
Sidney Prescott is a female film character who features in Scream.
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Biography
Sidney Prescott was the daughter of Maureen Prescott and Neil Prescott who was born on Wednesday, March 14, 1979. She was a normal teenage girl who grew up in a small, affluent town, Woodsboro, California where she lived her entire life.
Sidney began attending Woodsboro High School in 1993, alongside close childhood best friend, Tatum Riley, a feisty, popular girl who undertakes an after-school curricular. In her sophomore year (1994), the 15-year-old started a romantic relationship with fellow student, Billy Loomis. During this same timeframe, her aunt Kate gave birth to Jill. Through Billy, she met his best friend Stu Macher, and the group soon befriended Randy Meeks, who was the singleton of the group as well as a horror movie lover.
On September 1995, one year into her relationship with Billy, 16-year-old Sidney returned home and found her 44-year-old housewife mother, Maureen, brutally murdered in her bedroom. For a multitude of reasons, she believed it to be a neighbor, Cotton Weary, Maureen's not-so-secret lover. Though, Sidney at age 16, was oblivious towards this.
Her involvement with the trial made her a national figure. At Cotton's trial, Sidney's key eye-witness testimony nailed Cotton down as the killer, testifying that she saw him leave wearing the coat. This was protested by Cotton's lawyer and defense team, who correctly stated the killer wore the coat after he absent-mindedly left it behind due to being drunk. Evidence also confirmed Maureen's injuries included sexual penetration. Being a married woman with her husband out-of-town, this was assumed to be rape. With Sidney's eye-witness account, Cotton was convicted for rape and murder. Not all were convinced, however. Sidney became the subject of interrogation by Top Story reporter Gale Weathers, who believed Sidney mistook Cotton for someone else. She wrote many stories about Sidney, stating she falsely identified him, and wrote a book about it, Wrongly Accused (published 1996), after many prison visits to hear his story, where he never changed it once. Cotton admitted to sleeping with Maureen and leaving his jacket behind, which was then used to frame him.
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Notes
- Sidney Prescott was created by Kevin Williamson where she was portrayed by actress Neve Campbell and featured in the setting of the Scream universe.
Appearances
- Scream: (1996)
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