Ten years ago, Brandon “Brannu” Fulton bought 27 acres of land for $150,000 on the corner of Butner Road and Camp Creek Parkway in what was then unincorporated Fulton County. He wanted a space where he could spend his days in nature and ride horses.
Fulton, 44, credits his grandfather with introducing him to horseback riding, an unusual activity for a boy growing up in Brownsville, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1980s and ’90s. Horses were his escape.
As a kid, he aspired to have a life where he could spend the majority of his time outdoors riding horses. When he purchased the land in 2016, with money he earned from stunt work, that dream seemed within reach. But almost immediately, what he thought was going to be the beginning of a journey to turn his undeveloped land into a horse ranch named Believe Kingdom, soon spiraled into years of criminal accusations and legal disputes…