Actress Rosie O'Donnell's estranged adopted daughter Chelsea O'Donnell has become the prime suspect in a drug addiction and child endangerment case described in harrowing detail by Wisconsin law enforcement and has been arrested twice in one month.
According to court documents first reported, O'Donnell, 27, had encounters with police on September 10 and October 11 of this year. In contact. In these documents, officers paint a dark picture of a young woman with a severe drug addiction. The woman is said to be living in such “terrible” conditions that she stores used hypodermic needles near her 11-month-old son's crib.
On September 10, O'Donnell called 911 during an argument with her boyfriend, Jacob Nelund, the father of one of her four children, prompting Marinette County Sheriff's Office officers to check on the situation. did.
One police officer wrote, “The inside of the house was horrible.'' “[T]Rotten food, dirty moldy dishes, milk that smells so bad it makes you want to vomit, dirty diapers, used feminine hygiene products, and filthy underwear with feces and blood stains all over the house. , used razor blades were seen on the floor. ”
Officers found a used meth pipe in the couple's room, a vial of meth and a baggie of meth hidden inside O'Donnell's bra, and a marijuana pipe and “one-pot meth” elsewhere in the house. He said he had discovered “equipment that can cook food.” to In contact.
But the most upsetting details come from a police search of the infant's room. In contact Communicate the contents of the court documents.
One of the officers entered the child's room and found a blue box on the nightstand. Inside the box were several hypodermic needles.
“Some of the needles were used and had dried blood in them. I know that drug users often take advantage of this need to shoot meth into the arm, or 'bang' it.” I know. ”
The report added:under the cribThey found a black and silver digital scale, a used jewelry bag with white residue, and a sharps container. Increase in used and unused hypodermic needles. In a pile of clothes, I found a straw that had been cut and burned. ”
Another police officer described the scene as follows: [the child’s] There were many used needles in the room. Some of them were bleeding. On the floor were old apples, trash, miscellaneous tools, and bottles of butane, all mixed in with the owner's clothes. [the child]” During the search of the home, officers also found meth bongs. A meth pipe that “even a small child could have easily grabbed.” [emphasis added]
In a damning summary, one officer wrote: [the baby] Provide a safe and clean environment. ”
According to court documents, the boy, Atlas, born in October 2023, was asleep somewhere in the house at the time of the search. O'Donnell was arrested and Child Protective Services allowed the boy to stay with a friend of Nerund's.
A week later, the young mother was reportedly “charged with four felonies: maintaining a drug trafficking place, child neglect, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of THC.” In contact.
In documents from the October incident, officers say they pulled over O'Donnell and found additional drugs and paraphernalia in her car and on her body (also in her bra), including methamphetamine and various opioid pills. states that it has been discovered. Police said she tried to throw the meth pipe into the river, but it hit a fence and bounced back to where it could be retrieved. ,
According to When you contact us, “Chelsea had been free on bail after being arrested in September for 'drug possession and other misdemeanors,' but was arrested and charged with three felonies: methamphetamine possession and bail jumping.
Rosie O'Donnell, a comedian turned film actor and talk show host, adopted Chelsea as a baby with her then-partner Kelly Carpenter. However, their relationship deteriorated as Chelsea grew older, and as a teenager she moved from New York to Wisconsin to be closer to her biological mother. In contact.
Chelsea O'Donnell and Rosie O'Donnell on October 1, 2009 in New York City. (Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan, via Getty Images)
In 2015, the two had a brief war of words in the press after Chelsea went missing and was found with an alleged drug dealer she met on Tinder. A source close to Rosie said: new york postPage 6: “Chelsea is mentally ill. She's a parent's worst nightmare.”
The teenager hit back at O'Donnell, who lost his co-presenter job, in an interview with the Daily Mail, calling him a “phony” and a neglectful parent. The View. “She was a completely different person in public and at home,” she told the newspaper. flintstones The actress frequently indulged in food, television, alcohol, and marijuana, and revealed that she felt closer to the nanny who raised her than her adoptive mother.
In recent years, O'Donnell has done little television work, including a guest appearance on Amazon's hastily canceled show. league of its own series. In contrast, she is extremely busy hosting podcasts, posting on social media, and pulling off countless pranks.
• Transgender influencer Dylan accuses Bud Light of being unseated as America's top beer brand after a promotional deal with Anheuser-Busch damaged its image, costing it more than $1 billion in lost revenue. defended Mulvaney.
• Sent a loving and encouraging email to former attorney Michael Cohen, who testified in the New York criminal case against former President Donald Trump, saying things like “I get it” and “I love you.”
• He praised his 10-year-old “non-binary” daughter who uses the pronouns “they/them” and declared that “gender is limitless.”
• Former President Trump says he is “depressed” by the Supreme Court's decision granting him immunity from prosecution while performing his many White House duties.
• I fear that “American democracy” will end if Trump is re-elected.
• He enthusiastically welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris' sudden entry into the presidential race, saying he bought “100 Kamala T-shirts” and would wear them every day until the inauguration.
• Spreading a conspiracy theory about the July 13 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, saying, “I don't think it was a bullet that hit him.''
