*Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who conspired with an ex-boyfriend to kill her abusive mother in 2015, was released from prison on Thursday.
Blanchard, 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison as part of a plea deal. Prosecuting attorneys opted to go easy on Gypsy due to the years of abuse she experienced at the hands of her seemingly mentally ill mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.
“If I had another chance to redo everything, I don’t know if I would go back to when I was a child and tell my aunts and uncles that I’m not sick and mommy makes me sick,” Gypsy told People ahead of her early prison release. “Or, if I would travel back to just the point of that conversation with Nick and tell him, ‘You know what, I’m going to go tell the police everything.’ I kind of struggle with that,” she admitted.
There was a tendency for Dee Dee to publicly spread false rumors about her daughter’s alleged health problems. During Gypsy’s childhood, her mother claimed she suffered from numerous illnesses, including leukemia.
Gypsy testified during the murder trial that she was forced to undergo multiple unnecessary surgeries, and her mother made her use medical devices, such as a feeding tube, an oxygen tank, and a wheelchair, Complex reports.
Dee Dee sought out doctors who believed her claim that Gypsy’s medical records were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. She was able to capitalize off her deceptive and manipulative tactics financially. Dee Dee received donations from charities such as the Make-a-Wish Foundation and Habitat for Humanity, per Complex.
Blanchard was arrested shortly after her mother’s killing and confessed that she convinced her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, to stab Dee Dee as she slept.
Gypsy ultimately pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Nicholas, who stabbed Dee Dee 17 times, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
In the US, Dee Dee is the most recognized case of Munchausen by Proxy, which Web MD describes as “a psychological disorder marked by attention-seeking behavior by a caregiver through those who are in their care.”
Several true-crime programs have profiled Dee Dee’s murder, such as the 2017 documentary “Mommy Dead and Dearest” and the Hulu series “The Act.”
Gypsy Rose will tell her story in the upcoming Lifetime docuseries “The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.”
“She didn’t deserve that,” Gypsy told People about the mother’s murder.
“She was a sick woman and unfortunately I wasn’t educated enough to see that,” she added.
“She deserved to be where I am, sitting in prison doing time for criminal behavior… If I had another chance to redo everything, I don’t know if I would go back to when I was a child and tell my aunts and uncles that I’m not sick and mommy makes me sick. Or, if I would travel back to just the point of that conversation with Nick and tell him, ‘You know what, I’m going to go tell the police everything.’ I kind of struggle with that,” Gypsy continued, per People.
Gypsy agreed to the Lifetime docuseries because she hopes to inspire others to make better choices when faced with hardships that seem impossible to overcome.
“I want to make sure that people in abusive relationships do not resort to murder,” she told People. “It may seem like every avenue is closed off but there is always another way. Do anything, but don’t take this course of action.”
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