Amanda Knox says Gypsy Rose Blanchard has not yet been released, and that her mother, who was fatally stabbed by Blanchard's boyfriend, said the years of abuse she had inflicted on her daughter made her feel like “one day she will.'' I was prepared for it to happen,” he said.
Knox, who was wrongly convicted of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, issued a statement Saturday in a piece written for the Free Press in which she said: He revealed his own difficulties trying to return to a normal life after being murdered. She was released and completely exonerated in 2011.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 32, was charged with plotting to kill her abusive mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, in Missouri in 2016 when she was 24 years old. He was released late last month after pleading guilty to first-degree murder. In 2015, she returned to Japan with the help of her then-ex-boyfriend.
Amanda Knox and Gypsy Rose Blanchard (Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
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And although she was released on Dec. 28, Knox believes Gypsy Rose's public nature and the circumstances surrounding her mother's death may be difficult to overcome.
“She may not yet realize that she is entering a new kind of prison: the prison of public opinion,” Knox wrote. “When she looks at Gypsy, I see that even though she was guilty and I was innocent, she was trying to get her freedom just like I was.”
“It took me over a decade to finally feel like I was in control of my life and no longer trapped in my own story. I realized that I was more than the worst thing that ever happened to me. I've learned that, and there's a problem with it. If there's value in sharing my story with others, then I have the right to do so,” Knox wrote. “The same is true of Gypsy. She is more than just an accomplice to murder than the terrible abuse she suffered. And now that she has admitted her actions and served her sentence, she owes no one anything. There is no.”
Experts believe Blanchard's mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy. This syndrome is a mental illness in which one person (in this case Dee Dee) pretends to be sick in order to get attention or goods from another person (Gypsy). out of sympathy for the victim. (Disclosure of evidence in investigation)
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Experts believe Dee Dee Blanchard suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy. This is a mental illness that projects a fake illness onto her daughter in an attempt to garner attention and goods out of sympathy for the victim.
Dee Dee convinced Gypsy that she had a number of illnesses, including leukemia, and that she was many years younger than her actual age. She also put her daughter in her wheelchair, put her on unnecessary medication, shaved her hair, had her teeth pulled, and fed her through a tube in her stomach.
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.
“If you know anything about the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case… you know that 48-year-old Claudine 'Dee Dee' Blanchard was expecting it,” Knox said. wrote.
“Gypsy may not realize that many people admire her, not because she admitted what she did was wrong, or because she survived horrific abuse; Because deep down I feel that Dee Dee deserved to be killed.”
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)
Knox and her ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were convicted of the murder and sexual assault of former roommate Kercher. She was acquitted in 2011 after being detained for four years. In 2008, Ivorian immigrant Rudy Herman Guede was sentenced to 30 years in prison for Karcher's death and was released in 2021.
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“When I came out of prison, it was a world that had already decided who I was, what I should do, and what I should receive,” Knox wrote. “I've been free for more than 12 years and I'm still struggling to clear my name. Now Gypsies will have to do the same.”
Ms. Knox said that even though she was innocent in the case, some journalists asked her unpleasant and invasive questions, while the public and media labeled her character as a “femme girl.” He said that he had drawn a specific image as “Fatal”.
“Gypsy stories are perfect fodder for a twisted media environment that caters almost pornographically to our voyeuristic and judgmental tendencies, especially when women are victims or perpetrators of violence. I know from experience,” Knox wrote.
On October 3, 2011, in Perugia, Italy, Amanda Knox broke down in tears as she heard the verdict overturning her conviction for the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher and acquitting her. (Tiziana Fabi – Pool)
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Knox had to transcend her image as the “girl accused of murder” and had to discuss parts of her case publicly, but at the same time keep much of her private life private. He said he had chosen. She said Gypsy Rose would face a similar dilemma.
“It will take time for Gypsy to see herself on the other side of the tragedy that made her famous,” Knox wrote.
“We have the freedom to keep that growth and healing private.”
FOX News' Audrey Conklin and Gabriel Hayes contributed to this report.
