Billy Swain is a Miami crack dealer, who operated in a rundown section of the city and got his supply from a man named Cordera. In 1989, Swain paid a late night visit to Yvonne, a "client" who had trouble paying her tab; As Yvonne attempted to plea for more time to get the money that she owed him, Swain struck Yvonne across the face and proceeded to tear up her house while her teen-aged daughter, Lynette, hid in her room. Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs arrived and busted through the front door, but Swain managed to escape out the back. Later, after Yvonne paid her tab with money she got from her old friend Valerie Gordon, Swain still refused to sell his stash to her for "wasting too much of his time". Desperate, Yvonne offered to have sex with Swain, but Swain refused and demanded she inst