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.
Gypsy Rose's case and the documentary about her story thrust her into the spotlight, amassing millions of followers online overnight.
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 more than a decade to stop being trapped in my story and finally feel like I was in control of my life. I learned that I was more than the worst thing that happened to me, but… If there is value in sharing my story with others, I have the right to do so,” Knox wrote. “It's the same with Gypsy. She's more than the terrible abuse she suffered, she's more than an accomplice to murder. And now that she's admitted her actions and served time, she doesn't owe anyone anything. .”
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 wrote. Ta.
“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.”
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.
“When I came out of prison, it was a world that had already determined who I was, what I had done, and what I deserved,” Knox wrote. “I've been free for more than 12 years and I'm still struggling to get my name back. Now Gypsy will have to do the same.”
Ms. Knox said that even though she was innocent of the charges in the case, the public and media labeled her character as a “femme” while some journalists asked her uncomfortable and invasive questions. He said that he had a specific image in mind 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.
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 who she is 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.
