Gypsy Rose Blanchard released from prison after decade behind bars for mother’s murder

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who spent ten years behind bars for planning the murder of her mother, has been released from prison.

Blanchard and her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, were arrested in 2015 for the murder of Clauddinnea “Dee Dee” Blanchard.

Missouri woman Gypsy Rose is believed to have been a victim of “Munchausen by proxy”, a form of abuse in which the parent or guardian exaggerates or induces illness in a child for attention and sympathy.

The story of the murder was dramatised in the 2019 mini-series The Act starring Joey King and Patricia Arquette, who won an Emmy Award for her role as Dee Dee Blanchard.

“Dee Dee” Blanchard allegedly abused her daughter for years by convincing Gypsy and the public that she was extremely sick, when she wasn’t.

Gypsy Blanchard, now 32, grew up believing she suffered from conditions including leukemia, muscular dystrophy, vision and hearing impairments and seizures.

Dee Dee Blanchard allegedly lied about Gypsy’s age, making her appear younger on documents.

Gypsy Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years. Godejohn was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

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Gypsy Rose was born in 1991, and while her mother told people she was a teenager with a much younger mental age, she was actually an adult.

She told ABC News: “She physically chained me to the bed and put bells on the doors and told … anybody that I probably would’ve trusted that I was going through a phase and to tell her if I was doing anything behind her back.”

A number of doctors found that she tested negative for muscular dystrophy and that she could indeed walk.

In 2012, Gypsy Rose, then 21, met Nicholas Godejohn on the internet. In 2013, Gypsy Rose organised for Nicholas to visit her home in Springfield, Missouri, when they began their sexual relationship. They also began planning Dee Dee’s murder.

Gypsy Blanchard told ABC News she wanted her mother dead “because I wanted to escape her.”

In June 2015, Godejohn stabbed “Dee Dee” Blanchard in her bedroom, he later told police. Godejohn said he wanted to protect his girlfriend.

In 2017, Gypsy Blanchard told ABC News she felt freer in prison than she did living with her mom.

She has now said she plans to meet Taylor Swift at a Kansas City Chiefs game.