Not many social media stars have been convicted of second-degree murder, but Gypsy Rose Blanchard has amassed millions of followers overnight since being released from a 10-year prison sentence last week. collected.
Blanchard, 32, pleaded guilty. second degree murder In 2016, when she was 24 years old, she was arrested for her role in plotting the murder of her abusive mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, at her Missouri home in 2015 with the help of her then-ex-boyfriend. He was indicted.
“Hello everyone, I'm Gypsy. I'm finally free!” Blanchard said in a video posted to her Instagram page, which now has 6.1 million followers, after her release. “I wanted to send a quick video to thank everyone for the tremendous support I've been getting on social media. You've all been really, really sweet and supportive. I really appreciate it.”
Blanchard also has a forthcoming book with co-authors Melissa Moore and Michele Matriciani titled “Release: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom,” scheduled for release on January 9th, and a three-night Lifetime special, “The We are also promoting “Prison''. “Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard” is scheduled to premiere Friday through Sunday.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard says on social media after release: 'Finally free'
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 32, was charged with second-degree murder in 2016 when she was 24 for plotting to kill her abusive mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, in 2015. Pleaded guilty to the crime. My boyfriend at the time. (Lifetime/A&E)
“After a lifetime of silence, I am finally able to use my voice to share my story and speak my truth,” Blanchard said in an October statement announcing the show. “As a survivor of unrelenting child abuse, this documentary chronicles my quest for liberation and my journey of self-discovery. I’m not afraid to expose what’s hidden.”
The 32-year-old also posted a photo of herself with her new husband Ryan Anderson, whom she married in prison, and defended him from online “haters”.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who planned the murder of her abusive mother, is released from prison
Gypsy Rose Blanchard has amassed millions of followers on Instagram and TikTok. (Lifetime/A&E)
“Ryan, don't listen to the haters. I love you and you love me. We don't owe anyone anything. Our family is It's important. If you get likes and good comments, great, but if you get haters, whatever, that's fine, because they are who they are. It doesn't matter. I love you,” she wrote on her husband’s Instagram page.
Experts say Dee Dee Blanchard Munchausen syndrome by proxy, A mental illness that Dee Dee projected a fake illness onto her daughter in an attempt to gain attention and goods out of sympathy for the victim.
Dee Dee to Gypsy, to her A persistent illness, This included leukemia, making me several years younger than my actual age.
Experts believe Dee Dee Blanchard suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy. This syndrome is a mental illness in which Dee Dee projects a fake illness onto her daughter in an attempt to gain attention and goods out of sympathy for her victims. (Lifetime/A&E)
They also put her in a wheelchair, put her on unnecessary medication, shaved her hair, pulled her teeth, and fed her through a tube in her stomach.
The recent social media star has received tens of thousands of comments on social media praising her courage and quick return to her new life.
Dee Dee convinced Gypsy that she had a number of illnesses, including leukemia, and that she was many years younger than her actual age. (Lifetime/A&E)
“She may be out of prison, but she's still serving time 24/7,” reads one Instagram comment on a selfie of Blanchard posted on Tuesday.
Some have tried to defend Blanchard from those calling her a “murderer.”
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Dee Dee put her daughter in a wheelchair, put her on unnecessary medication, shaved her hair, pulled her teeth and fed her through a tube in her stomach. (Disclosure of evidence in investigation)
“I'm so tired of people calling her a murderer when she actually didn't kill her mother and was acting in self-defense,” one Instagram user wrote. “She felt there was nothing else she could do. Her mother literally abused her, beat her, and put her in her bed just because she wanted to live a normal life as a teenager. I had her chained to me.”
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Blanchard and her ex-boyfriend, Nicholas Paul Godejohn, were arrested in 2015 in connection with the stabbing of Dee Dee. The following year, Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years in prison and Godejohn was sentenced to life in prison.
Blanchard's case has been the subject of several documentaries and feature films. (Disclosure of evidence in investigation)
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green county Prosecutor Dan Patterson said at the time: “The evidence in this case clearly proves that Gypsy Blanchard is guilty of murder and that there is no justification or excuse for that murder. “However, the amended charges and 10-year sentence fairly and fairly hold Gypsy Blanchard accountable.” At the same time, it takes into account the extremely mitigating circumstances that her mother systematically and intentionally abused Gypsy Blanchard for nearly 20 years in furtherance of her mother's fraudulent scheme. ”
Blanchard's case has been featured in several documentaries, including HBO's “Mommy Dead and Dearest,” Investigation Discovery's “Gypsy's Revenge,” Hulu's “The Act,” and most recently Lifetime's “The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.” It has also been the subject of a feature film.
